Posted on 05/23/2009, 2:32 pm, by mySteinbach
On May 22nd, 2009 at approximately 11:39 p.m. Portage la Prairie RCMP responded to a call of a male lying on the roadway in Long Plains First Nation.
A 33 year old male was located and pronounced deceased on scene. Police are not releasing the victim identity pending notification of next of kin.
Police later located the 53 year old driver of the vehicle that left the scene of an accident and arrested him for impaired driving causing death, leaving the scene of an accident and driving suspended.
Alcohol appears to have been a factor in this incident and police continue to investigate.
