VIDEO: Fatal Saskatoon Boychuk Drive overpass crash leaves 27-year-old man dead
A 27-year-old man died in a fatal single-vehicle crash at the Boychuk Drive overpass in Saskatoon early Sunday morning. The incident caused temporary road closures while police investigated the scene.
Why it matters
The event serves as a local news report on a tragic traffic fatality and the subsequent impact on municipal infrastructure and traffic flow.
Highway 16 east and westbound lanes were set to reopen in the early afternoon at Boychuk Drive overpass in Saskatoon on Sunday after Saskatoon Police Service investigated an early morning overpass crash.
Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) said in a news release at 2:30 a.m. that the crash was fatal after a single vehicle struck the overpass and burst into flames.
Soot from the vehicle fire covered parts of the Boychuk overpass at Highway 16 after the fatal Aug. 9 crash. (Roman Hayter/650 CKOM)
Firefighters said the vehicle was fully consumed by fire when they arrived at the scene.
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