New Memorial Unveiled for Deadly 1980 Saskatchewan Highway Accident

New memorial marks one of Canada's deadliest — but less known — highway accidents

A new plaque on a roadside monument west of Swift Current, Sask. details a fiery three-vehicle accident that left 22 young men dead and eight injured on May 28, 1980. The men came from out of province to work on Canadian Pacific Railway’s “Prairie Steel Gang” track crew.