Family identifies 22-year-old woman as motorcyclist killed on University Bridge crash in Saskatoon

Dan Zakreski · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 03, 2025 7:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: June 3

Family person confirmed that 22-year-old Speirious Prokulevich was the pistillate killed May 29 successful a motorcycle clang connected Saskatoon's University Bridge.

Dustin Prokulevich says his younger sister died connected her birthday.

"It was her 22nd birthday, yep. We had a barbecue on the 28th for her, truthful it was bully to walk 1 past time with her earlier the calamity happened," helium said successful an interrogation Monday.

Dustin said that Speirious loved riding and had precocious upgraded to a caller bike.

"She passed distant doing what she loved."

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The crash between a car and the motorcycle happened astatine astir 7:30 a.m. CST and led to the shut-down of the University Bridge astatine the highest of Saskatoon's greeting commute. Traffic restrictions connected the span and entree streets stayed successful spot until precocious afternoon.

The crash happened adjacent the downtown extremity of the bridge, with Prokulevich's motorcycle sliding astir 100 metres to a curb connected 25th Street. Police are inactive piecing unneurotic each the details of what happened.

Dustin said his remaining siblings — 2 brothers and 2 sisters — are inactive coming to presumption with their loss. They met astatine the infirmary aft the crash.

"My household was surrounded astir her, we conscionable spent the past mates minutes with her … it was incredibly sad."

He said Speirious was moving to go a licensed optician and excited by her vocation prospects and the future. He said she'll beryllium remembered most, though, for her emotion of family.

"She had a peculiar narration with each azygous 1 of her siblings," helium said.

"She was astir apt 1 of my closest friends, I cognize she was my sister, but we hung retired each the time. She was the champion auntie to each azygous 1 of her nieces and nephews."