The Deputy District Fire Chief in Kleefeld says the outcome of a collision Thursday night could have been much worse. Armin Dueck says it happened on Highway #52 at Blatz Road, four miles west of Steinbach.

"The call came in at 9:40. There were three vehicles involved. We had four patients, three got sent to hospital with minor injuries, non-life-threatening. The RCMP got a traffic analyst out from Winnipeg and the highway was shut until 3:00 a.m."

RCMP say a westbound pickup truck, driven by a 26-year-old male, was stopped to turn off the highway when it was rear-ended by a pickup driven by a 16-year-old female who did not see the stopped vehicle. The crash pushed the other truck into the path of an eastbound car driven by a 56-year-old woman. They add it is unknown at this time where the drivers are from. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the collision and it is believed they were all wearing their seatbelts.The St. Pierre Jolys Detachment along with a Forensic Collision Reconstructionist continue to investigate.

Dueck says all of the occupants are very fortunate because the injuries could easily have been much more serious.

"It could have turned out a lot worse. They were very fortunate it turned out the way it did."