At 3:24 a.m. August 6, 2020, Kamsack RCMP were called to a complaint of a motor vehicle collision involving an SUV and a pedestrian on Highway #8 near the Keeseekoose First Nation (north of Kamsack).
Police and Duck Mountain Ambulance attended and located a deceased pedestrian on scene. The deceased has been identified as a 23-year-old male from the Kamsack/Cote First Nation area. His family has been notified of his death.
The lone adult male driver of the SUV was arrested at the scene. 29-year-old Lewis Strongquill from the Kamsack area, is charged with 1 count of impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing death (Section 320.13(3) of the CC) and 1 count of impaired operation of a motor vehicle over 80 causing death (section 320.14(3) of the CC). He will appear in Kamsack Provincial Court on October 6, 2020.
