Posted on 02/18/2011, 4:55 pm, by mySteinbach

On February 18, 2011, at approximately 10:15am, Falcon Beach RCMP responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision on Highway 1, approximately 1 km east of PR 506, in the RM of Reynolds.

Investigation revealed that a passenger car traveling east on Highway 1 lost control and collided with a Department of Highways pick-up truck that was stopped on the shoulder of the highway while at the scene of an unrelated single vehicle rollover.

The driver of the passenger car was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger in the car was transported to hospital in unstable condition. The driver of the Department of Highways truck sustained minor injuries in the collision.

The names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

RCMP are continuing their investigation.