A hit and run has claimed the life of a toddler on the George Gordon First Nation.

Information from the RCMP indicates a pick up truck hit a small child at about 5:50 p.m. Thursday and then fled. The child was declared deceased by EMS at the scene.

Punnichy RCMP have charged 33-year-old Mervin Poorman from Kawacatoose First Nation with one count of failing to stop after an accident resulting in death and one count of operating a vehicle while prohibited.

A warrant has been issued for Poorman’s arrest.

He is 6-foot-3, 300 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes, and the tattoos Poorman on his left forearm and a Browning logo on his right hand.

The pick-up truck, a black 2008 Dodge Ram with Saskatchewan license plate 274 MNW, has not been located and police continue to search for it.

You’re asked to not approach Poorman or the truck, but to report sightings of Poorman to Punnichy RCMP at 306-835-5200, or Crimestoppers.