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Saskatchewan jury convicts man in Highway 10 double fatal collision

Jordan Stoll (left), the nephew of NHL player Jarret Stoll, was one of two people killed in a crash on Highway 10 near Yorkton, Sask., on Sept. 24, 2016. Jordan Stoll / Facebook

A Saskatchewan man who was involved in a fatal collision more than two years ago has been found guilty of two counts of dangerous driving causing death.

A jury in Yorkton took just over five hours Thursday to reach the verdict in the case of Hunter Arnold, who will face a sentencing hearing on June 21.

READ MORE: Nephew of Jarret Stoll killed in Saskatchewan crash

Arnold, 21, was charged in the September 2016 deaths of Jordan Stoll and Tyler Dobko.

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The Queen’s Bench trial heard that the accused was attempting to pass a semi-trailer truck when the two-car crash occurred on Highway 10, about four kilometres south of Yorkton.

READ MORE: Fatal head-on collision on Highway 10 claims lives of two Yorkton, Sask. men

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Investigators believed visibility at the time was reduced to near zero by rain and water kicked up by the truck.

Arnold suffered serious injuries in the collision.

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