At 3:24 a.m. Aug. 6, Kamsack RCMP were called to a complaint of a motor vehicle collision involving an SUV and a pedestrian on Highway 8 near the Keeseekoose First Nation, north of Kamsack.
Police and Duck Mountain Ambulance attended and located a deceased pedestrian on scene. The deceased has been identified as a 23-year-old male from the Kamsack/Cote First Nation area. His family has been notified of his death.
The lone adult male driver of the SUV was arrested at the scene. 29-year-old Lewis Strongquill from the Kamsack area, is charged with one count of impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing death and one count of impaired operation of a motor vehicle over 80 causing. He will appear in Kamsack Provincial Court on Oct. 6.
