Local authorities are investigating a single vehicle collision that occurred in Paint Lake on Labour Day that resulted in a death.

 

Thompson RCMP responded to a report early Monday morning, with a witness telling police that a vehicle had driven into the brush in the campground and struck a tree.

 

Officers located the vehicle and found an unresponsive 17-year-old male pinned underneath.

 

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

The driver, a 17-year-old male from Thompson, was found at the scene and arrested for Impaired Driving Causing Death and taken back to the detachment for a breath test.

 

The driver was found to have a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit.

 

He was later released from custody with charges pending.