9 people killed on Sask. highways during past weekend

More people died on Saskatchewan highways this past weekend than in all oflast month.

"It's absolutely heartbreaking," said Tyler McMurchy, spokesperson for Saskatchewan Government Insurance, the province's auto insurer.

"That is a very high number of fatalities for one weekend or for three days in Saskatchewan."

RCMPin the province reported nine fatalities on the province's roads between Friday and Sunday.

They include the deaths of three women from Alberta, who were killed after their vehicle was hit by a stolen truck near Maidstone on Friday, as well as six more deaths due toa number of collisions, single vehicle rollovers and a pedestrian accident.

• Highway crash near Prince Albert kills 2
• Man, 70, killed in collision with semi-trailer on Trans-Canada Highway
• Lanigan, Sask. man dies in single-vehicle rollover
• 18-year-old from Hanley, Sask., killed in single-vehicle rollover
• Pedestrian from Saskatoon dead after getting hit by semi-trailer on Highway 7

In addition, a 29-year-old man from the Bruno area was pronounced dead after his ATV rolled in a rural area east of Meacham Friday.

• 29-year-old Sask. man killed in ATV rollover

Eight people were reported killed on the province's highways during the month ofAugust, McMurchy said.

A spokesperson for the RCMP saidit will take some time before the cause of all of the highway deaths are known.

McMurchy said in generalmost highway fatalities are avoidable, if people buckle up, do not speed and don't drive while distracted or impaired.