Two people are dead after a truck left the road and crashed into a body of water in the Elfros, Sask. area over the weekend. On Sunday, Nov. 1, at around 9:20 p.m., Wynyard RCMP received a report of a vehicle in a body of water southwest of the village of Elfros, located around 175 kilometres northeast of Regina. Mounties from Wynyard, Wadena and Foam Lake along with local firefighters and EMS responded. RCMP determined a pickup truck left a grid road and entered the water. Two of the truck’s passengers were able to get out. They were assessed by paramedics but did not report physical injuries to police. Officers searched the area, but were unable to find the driver and the third passenger of the truck on Sunday. Their bodies were recovered on Nov. 2, with the help of the service’s underwater recovery team. The driver and third passenger have been identified as two men from the Elfros area, aged 74 and 72. Their families have been notified. According to RCMP, officers in Wynyard continue to investigate the incident with the help of a collision reconstructionist and the Saskatchewan Coroners Service. As of 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3, there have been 80 fatal collisions resulting in 96 fatalities on roadways policed by Saskatchewan RCMP so far this year.
