Fort Chipweyan RCMP Investigating Fatal Vehicle Rollover

Google Map location of crash site.

Fort Chipweyan RCMP continue to investigate after a single vehicle collision resulted in a fatality last Friday.

RCMP officers from Fort Smith, NWT and Fort Chipewyan Alberta responded to the scene of the rollover on Friday afternoon, just 34 kilometres south of the NWT/Alberta border in Wood Buffalo National Park.

Police say that the 24-year-old female driver who is from Fort Smith was pronounced dead on scene. Three other adult passengers were transported to area hospitals for treatment of injuries.

The names of the involved parties is not being released.

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Start your morning with the Splash on Denendeh Sunrise from 7:30-8:30am. Campbell was trained and mentored by longtime CKLB host and Gwich'in entertainer William Greenland. Prior to hosting the morning show and filling in on the Saturday Request Show, he had stints in the Yukon on CKRW the Rush, CBC North in Yellowknife, and began his broadcasting career at CJCD Mix 100. Before moving North he was born and raised on the banks of the Tobique River, the traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik, Tobique Maliseet First Nation.