Prince George, B.C. – The  grader operator who  died on Monday  while  working  on the Stone Creek Forest Service Road was  63 year old Mervyne Philip Reeves,  of Willow River.

Reeves was operating a Caterpillar grader on the Stone Creek Forest Service Road shortly before 2 p.m. on Aug. 19 when the grader went off the road and into a lake at the side of the road. Although emergency  personnel managed to free him from the cab of the grader,  efforts to revive him  were not successful and he was pronounced  dead at the scene.

The BC Coroners Service, WorkSafeBC and RCMP Traffic Services continue to investigate this death.