Sask. RCMP officer seriously injures First Nation teen pedestrian struck by police cruiser

An RCMP cruiser can be seen in this file photo. (David Prisciak/CTV News)

A 16-year-old boy from Kawacatoose First Nation is seriously injured after being struck by a Punnichy RCMP cruiser on Tuesday.

The officer was traveling to the community, located about 100 kilometres south of Saskatoon, responding to a firearms-related call just after 10 p.m., the Saskatchewan RCMP said in a news release Wednesday morning.

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Police say the driver was on Kandahar grid road, less than a kilometre from Kawacatoose, when they struck a pedestrian on the road.

The 16-year-old pedestrian was seriously injured. The officer called an ambulance and began first aid on the boy, who was airlifted to Regina and later transferred to Saskatoon for treatment.

Saskatchewan’s Serious Incident Response Team has been called in to investigate, required any time a civilian is killed or injured by police, on or off-duty.