Truck driver dies in collision with train in Saskatchewan

A 63-year-old man from Cowessess First Nation is dead after his truck collided with a train in southeast Saskatchewan on Friday.

Broadview RCMP said in a news release that officers were called around 8:20 a.m. on July 26 to a collision involving a truck and a train on Range Road 2060 in the RM of Elcapo.

The driver and sole occupant of the truck was declared dead by paramedics at the scene. Police said his family had been notified and no other injuries were reported.

A Saskatchewan RCMP collision reconstructionist is assisting Broadview RCMP with an investigation, and no further details were provided.

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