15-year-old dead after truck crashes into metal pole in Saskatoon

Police were still trying to pull the wreckage apart as friends of a teenage boy who died in an early morning crash gathered to say goodbye.

Blair Quewezance, a 15-year-old from Saskatoon, died after crashing a truck into a metal pole around 3 am Thursday in the 300 block of 19^th street East near the Broadway Bridge.

Police confirm speed was a factor.

"The vehicle was reported being stolen by a family member just prior to the collision,” said Kelsie Fraser, a spokesperson with the Saskatoon Police Service.

Friends tell CTV Quewezance left high school in January.

"He was a great kid.  He had a good future going,” said his friend Starla Herlein, “He was trying but fifteen in this city. I can only imagine."

Police are trying to determine if alcohol was a factor in the crash.

With files from CTV’s John Baglieri