Man Dead After Police Find Submerged Pickup Truck

One person is deceased after the RCMP responded to submerged truck in Swift Current early on Wednesday morning.

Police arrived on the scene and observed a portion of the rear-end of a Dodge truck that was upside down and submerged in a small body of water near Seaview Drive.

A tow truck and operator, Swift Current Fire Department, Fewer's Ambulance, Burin Peninsula RCMP and an RCMP Senior Collision Analyst, were called to assist at the scene and to upright and remove the pickup from the water.

The lone occupant, a 26-year-old man, was located deceased inside the cab of the pickup truck.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has been engaged and the investigation is continuing.