An RCMP officer is useless and two persons are in custody after a collision in southern Saskatchewan Saturday, RCMP say.
Police had earlier reported the collision, and the mayor of Wolseley, Sask., confirmed there was a fatality. RCMP later confirmed the demise of on-duty officer Shelby Patton.
The city is in “utter shock and disbelief,” mentioned Wolseley Mayor Gerald Hill.
“This sort of factor doesn’t occur right here.”
Whereas the mayor didn’t know any particulars or the identify of the officer, Hill mentioned the group has a great relationship with RCMP officers within the space.
“It is like shedding your subsequent door neighbours, shedding a buddy,” Hill mentioned.
“We lengthen our deepest sympathies to [the family].”
The Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS) had tweeted Saturday morning about an emergency name to the Wolseley space. The helicopter was about to launch from Regina after they acquired the information that they weren’t medically required, based on a STARS spokesperson.
STAR-9 (Regina) has been dispatched for a scene name emergency within the Wolseley, SK space.
—@STARSambulance
RCMP mentioned they may present an replace in regards to the incident, in addition to the investigation, at 5 p.m. CT Saturday.
In a information launch earlier Saturday, RCMP mentioned two folks had been taken into custody in reference to the crash earlier than 10 a.m. CT.
In addition they mentioned they had been investigating within the southeastern Saskatchewan areas of Wolseley and Francis.
The elevated police presence within the space was uncommon for the city of Wolseley, mentioned councillor Tim Taylor, which speaks for the seriousness of the scenario.
“Usually we’d see one police automobile in the neighborhood coming and going or spending a while right here,” he mentioned.
“That is manner out of the peculiar.”
Taylor mentioned the downtown and surrounding space of Wolseley was cordoned off for the investigation.
Wolseley is about 95 kilometres east of Regina.
