CALGARY – A Calgary man has died after a crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Alberta-B.C. border on Friday evening.
It happened three kilometres east of Field, B.C. around 7 p.m.
“At this time we believe that the eastbound vehicle failed to negotiate a curve striking on oncoming westbound vehicle,” said Cst. Spencer Lainchbury with Golden-Field RCMP.
The passenger of the westbound vehicle was a 37-year-old Calgary man and pronounced deceased on scene.
The driver was a 32-year-old Calgary man who was treated by paramedics and released.
The driver of the eastbound vehicle was a 33-year-old man believed to be from the Salmon Arm area.
He sustained serious injuries, and was airlifted by STARS Air Ambulance to a Calgary hospital.
He is expected to survive.
The Trans-Canada Highway was closed in both directions at Golden and Lake Louise for several hours while police investigated the crash.
The highway is now open.
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