Kitscoty RCMP respond to fatal aircraft crash

Transport Canada will investigate a fatal aircraft accident near the Saskatchewan border that saw one person die. 

Kitscoty RCMP were notified at 10:00AM on Wednesday, August 21, that a personal aircraft had crashed, near the Saskatchewan border, shortly after takeoff.  The precise location was not disclosed. 

Police say the single occupant, a 46-year-old man from Rivercourse, was declared deceased at the scene. 

Rivercourse is approximately 31 kilometres south of Lloydminster. 

No other details have been released by the authorities at this time.