An Alberta man is dead following a single vehicle crash in Saskatchewan.
Police said they received an automated 911 call from the truck involved in the crash on Sunday at around 12:40 p.m. CT.
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Emergency crews located the truck down a steep embankment at the west end of a “T” intersection on Highway 255 near Nipawin.
Nipawin RCMP officers said the truck appears to have travelled through a stop sign. It entered the thick woods and came to a rest about 15 metres below the highway in dense bush.
The driver, a 48-year-old man from Sherwood Park, Alta., was declared dead at the scene. His name has not been released.
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Nipawin RCMP continue to investigate the cause of the crash, along with a traffic reconstructionist and the coroner’s office.
Nipawin is approximately 225 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.
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