KINDERSLEY — A Kindersley driver has been charged after a bicyclist was found deceased.
On April 27, at approximately 5 a.m., Kindersley RCMP received a report of a collision on Railway Avenue in Kindersley.
Officers immediately responded and located an injured cyclist, who was declared deceased by EMS at the scene. He has been identified as a 21 year old from Kindersley. His family has been notified and victim services made available to them.
The driver of the involved vehicle did not remain at the scene. He was located and arrested at a residence in Kindersley approximately an hour later.
As a result of investigation, 20-year-old William Jones of Kindersley is charged with:
- operation of a conveyance while impaired causing death;
- operation of a conveyance with a blood alcohol concentration equal to or exceeding 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood causing death; and
- failure to stop for a collision causing death.
He is scheduled to appear in Kindersley Provincial Court on May 21.
Saskatchewan RCMP’s Forensic Identification Services and a collision reconstructionist assisted with this investigation.
