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Pilot dead after plane crash in Rocanville

Jul 9, 2016 | 9:59 AM

A pilot is dead after a plane crashed on a farm in southern Saskatchewan.

Moosomin RCMP were called to the scene at 6:15 p.m. on July, 8 for a small aircraft crash on a farm near Rocanville, southeast Sask., near the Manitoba border.

Emergency services also attended to the scene and pronounced shortly after arriving the pilot was dead.

RCMP and Transport Canada are currently investigating the crash, hence the name of the deceased person will not be released.