Punnichy RCMP are seeking the public’s help in locating a truck and a man charged in a fatal collision.

Yesterday at approximately 5:50 p.m., Punnichy RCMP received a report of a collision involving a small child on the George Gordon First Nation. An investigation determined a pickup truck struck a one-year-old child, then fled. The child was declared deceased by EMS at the scene.

Mervin Poorman is described as approximately 6’3″ tall and 300 lbs. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He has a number of tattoos on his arms, including the name “Poorman” on his left forearm and one described as the “Browning” logo on his right hand.

The pickup truck, a black 2008 Dodge Ram with Saskatchewan license plate 274 MNW, has not been located.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Mervin Poorman is asked to contact the police.