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21-year-old victim in fatal Morris rollover wasn’t wearing a seatbelt: RCMP

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A 21-year-old driver from Rosenort was killed Sunday morning on a provincial road in the RM of Morris, said RCMP.

Police said the single-vehicle collision took place on Provincial Road 422, two kilometres north of Hwy. 23.

A pickup truck, driven by the 21-year-old man, was travelling northbound when it rolled in the ditch.

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The driver, investigators said, wasn’t wearing his seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Police said speed may be a factor in the collision.

Morris RCMP continue to investigate along with a forensic collision reconstructionist.

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