One man is dead and another charged with impaired driving causing death and bodily harm after a single-vehicle rollover about 30 kilometres south of Nelson House Nov. 24.
Thompson and Nelson House RCMP responded to the accident on Provincial Road 391 northwest of Thompson around 7:30 p.m. Nov. 24, finding a pickup truck in the west ditch. The 45-year-old male passenger from Leaf Rapids, who had been ejected from the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene. The other passengers and the driver were all from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and Thompson and were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigation determined that the vehicle had been travelling northbound when it crossed the centre line, hit snow and flipped into the ditch.
The driver faces charges of impaired driving causing death and impaired driving causing bodily harm and remains in custody.
An RCMP forensic collision reconstructionist and the RCMP criminal crash investigation team are assisting the investigation.
