Motorcyclist killed in collision with moose on Saskatchewan highway

A 54-year-old man from Edmonton is dead after the motorcycle he was driving hit a moose on Saturday.

According to the RCMP, Mounties from the Warman detachment got a call at around 10:30 p.m. about a single-vehicle collision on Highway 16 near Fielding.

The investigation determined the motorcyclist had struck a moose. The driver — the only person on the motorcycle — was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

Fielding is about 75 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon on the Yellowhead Highway.