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The Virden RCMP responded to a fatal accident on Highway 3 Sunday night.

Police were called to the scene around 9:45 pm Sunday, where a single vehicle had rolled off the highway. When officers arrived, they noticed a car flipped over inside the fenceline of a nearby property.

The initial investigation found that the vehicle was traveling at a high speed, eastbound on Highway 3, when it lost control and rolled several times, going through a fence and landing on its roof.

The driver and lone occupant, a 19-year-old from Brandon, wasn't wearing a seatbelt at the time and was thrown from the vehicle. He was given emergency medical treatment but was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The investigation is continuing with the assistance of an RCMP Forensic Collision Reconstructionist.