Update: The driver of the motorcycle, a 49-year-old male, was transported to the hospital in Swift Current and then air-lifted by STARS air ambulance to hospital in Saskatoon.  His injuries are reported to be serious but non-life-threatening.

A collision Reconstructionist from RCMP Swift Current Regional Traffic Services attended the scene, as well as officers from both municipal and rural Swift Current RCMP detachments.

 

Original:

Highway number #1 is open again after having its eastbound lanes blocked late yesterday evening due to a collision.

A full report has not yet been released about the incident. But what is known so far is that it was a single-vehicle accident occurring two kilometres east of Swift Current involving a motorcycle with a single occupant.

The occupant was taken to hospital with what are reported to be serious injuries.

Swift Current Online will update this story as more details are made available.