Sask. RCMP ask for help after prisoner escape in Yorkton

RCMP say 34-year-old Duncan Highway escaped from Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre and may have connections to the Saskatoon area.

Saskatchewan RCMP is asking the public for help finding a prisoner who escaped the Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre on Thursday.

Yorkton RCMP received the report around 7:05 p.m. on May 14. An investigation determined 34-year-old Duncan Highway was last seen at the facility around 6:15 p.m., according to RCMP.

RCMP said a black GMC Terrain SUV was seen picking the prisoner up after he left the facility.

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Highway is now charged with one count of being unlawfully at large. RCMP said he has connections to Saskatoon, but his current whereabouts are unknown.

He is six-foot one inch tall and 178 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. Highway was last seen wearing black clothing.

RCMP advise residents not to approach him if they see him, but to call their local police or Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers instead.