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A Saturday afternoon crash on the Keeseekoowenin First Nation has claimed the life of one person from that community.

Yellowhead RCMP say the crash happened on Highway 354 at around 2:30 pm.

Officers found an SUV on its side, then learned that three men in the car at the time were taken by a passerby to a nearby business. 

One of the men, a 56-year-old, was eventually transported to hospital in Minnedosa, where he died.

The two other males were not seriously injured. 

The driver, 35-year-old Vincent Bone of Keeseekoowenin, is charged with o perating a vehicle while prohibited; and two counts of failing  to comply with a release order.

He was also ticketed under The Highway Traffic Act for driving an unregistered vehicle, which carries a $298 fine.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.