A Calgary semi driver is dead after a rollover on Highway 1 in Saskatchewan.
Moose Jaw RCMP said the rollover happened at around 9 a.m. Thursday at Parkbeg, Sask.
The 24-year-old driver was declared dead at the scene. His name has not been released.
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Police said the driver was not wearing his seatbelt and was driving while distracted.
The highway was dry at the time, police said, and visibility was clear.
Traffic was re-routed for eight hours while a traffic reconstructionist investigated.
Parkbeg is roughly 125 kilometres west of Regina.
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