Update:  Highway 3 re-opened by 8:30 pm Sunday. 

One person is dead after a head-on collision between an empty fuel truck and a small car on Highway #3.

Prince Albert RCMP report Both lanes of Highway #3 will be closed for several hours between Weldon and Birch Hills.  Detours are being prepared. Expect traffic delays for several hours and motorists are asked to avoid the area if possible.

Prince Albert RCMP asks motorists currently on Highway #3 to please slow down when approaching the site of the collision and obey the directives of police officers on scene.

Prince Albert EMS, Prince Albert Fire and Saskatchewan Highways attended the scene.  A Saskatchewan RCMP Collision Reconstructionist is expected too.