RCMP investigating after Sask. man killed in rollover
An RCMP detachment can be seen in this file photo. (David Prisciak/CTV News)
A 40-year-old man from Meadow Lake is dead after a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 55.
RCMP were called to the scene east of Flying Dust First Nation at around 6:15 a.m. on Thursday.
The man, who was the only person in the car was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS, RCMP said in a release on Friday. His family has been notified.
Police say they continue to investigate with the assistance of a Saskatchewan RCMP collision reconstructionist.
Highway 55 was temporarily closed but has since been re-opened.
Meadow Lake is about 295 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.
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