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Alcohol, speed factors in fatal crash on Sioux Valley Dakota Nation: RCMP

A 26-year-old man from Sioux Valeey Dakota Nation died in a crash early Friday. Global News / File

Police say both alcohol and speed are considered factors in a single-vehicle crash that killed a man on Sioux Valley Dakota Nation early Friday.

Virden RCMP were called to the crash on a gravel road in the community around 7:40 a.m.

The initial investigation shows the man’s vehicle lost control and crashed into an embankment before rolling several times.

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The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle, a 26-year-old man from Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.

Sioux Valley Dakota Nation is 240 km west of Winnipeg.

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