Posted on 05/03/2016, 2:30 pm, by mySteinbach

At approximately 6:30am, on April 30, 2016, Opaskwayak Cree Nation RCMP Detachment received a report of a vehicle on fire within the community.

RCMP members along with other first responders attended the scene to find a single vehicle on fire. Responders located one female outside the vehicle, who was transported to hospital with serious injuries. Members also located three people within the vehicle. All three were pronounced deceased on-scene.

Initial police investigation has revealed that the single vehicle was traveling on a community road when it left the road, hit a concrete barrier and ignited.