BUFFALO NARROWS, Sask. — A man is dead after being hit by a police vehicle in rural northern Saskatchewan.
RCMP say officers had been in the community of Turnor Lake when they received a call for service in Buffalo Narrows.
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They say one of the officers was travelling on a grid road and hit the pedestrian.
The officer was not hurt and provided first aid to the man on the road, who was declared dead at the scene.
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Mounties say the 31-year-old man was from Clearwater River Dene Nation.
The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team is to investigate the circumstances of the crash and death.
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