A seven-year-old boy and 44-year-old woman are dead following a fatal single vehicle roll over on Highway 11, five minutes south of the Town of Craik.

RCMP media relations’ spokesman Sgt. Rob King said the names of the deceased have not been released and could not confirm their hometowns or relations to each other.

The woman and boy were both trapped inside the vehicle and were extradited by Craik Fire and EMS. The woman succumbed to her injuries on site, while the boy had to be airlifted to the Hospital in Regina in serious condition by STARS where he passed away early the next morning.

The crash occurred on Aug. 4 at 3:15 p.m. in clear conditions and closed the northbound lane of the highway to traffic for around six hours while the RCMP Traffic Reconstruction Unit from Saskatoon assisted with the investigation. A coroner from Regina also attended the scene.

King said the boy and women were both seated in the passenger side of the van, with the women seated in the front seat. The male driver of the vehicle and a five-year-old girl seated in the backseat on the driver’s side received minor injuries and were transported to the Regina Hospital.

This is the second fatal accident on Highway 11 near Craik this summer, following a horrific semi-trailer collision with a car July 3 that resulted in the death of a 38-year-old woman driver of the car. STARS also airlifted her to the hospital in Regina after she was freed from her vehicle by Craik Fire and EMS.