High Prairie RCMP investigating fatal vehicle collision

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****RCMP RELEASE**** – High Prairie, Alta.

On July 18, 2021, at 9:20 p.m., High Prairie RCMP were dispatched to a single off-highway vehicle rollover in the area of Township Road 795 and Range Road 121a near Gift Lake Metis Settlement, Alta.

When High Prairie RCMP arrived, Whitefish First Nations Emergency Medical Services and Gift Lake Metis Settlement Fire Services were on scene providing first aid to a 61-year-old male, from East Prairie Metis Settlement, that had been injured as a result of the off-highway vehicle rollover. Despite their efforts, the male succumbed to his injuries and was declared deceased at the scene. The name of the deceased will not be released.

High Prairie RCMP, along with the assistance of the RCMP Collision Reconstructionist, continue to investigate the cause of this fatality.

No further updates are anticipated.

 

– Calvin Hector, Trending 55 Newsroom