Fatal collision unnoticed until daybreak

The victim of a fatal single vehicle collision is believed to have spent hours in the wreckage before police responded.

That’s because the SUV, which rolled after entering the ditch on Highway 405 near Lorette, was not noticed by other motorists.

St Pierre-Jolys RCMP said they received the report of the collision at 6:45 a.m. on June 28.

The vehicle was so severely damaged that police say they searched the area for the driver before returning to the wreck and finding him still in the SUV.

“He was found inside the vehicle, concealed by the extent of the damage to the vehicle,” RCMP said in a Monday press release.

The victim, a 17-year-old male from Dufresne, had died at the scene.