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Barrhead man killed in northern Alberta collision

FILE: RCMP. RCMP / File

A 68-year-old Barrhead man is dead following a two-vehicle collision north of Grande Prairie Monday morning.

Officers were called to a collision between a Jeep and a semi-truck at around 5:50 a.m. It happened on Highway 2 at the 100 Avenue access to Clairmont, Alta., about 10 kilometres north of Grande Prairie.

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Police said the Jeep was heading west on 100 Avenue when it failed to stop at a red light at the Highway 2 intersection. The Jeep was struck by a northbound semi, police said in a media release Monday afternoon.

The 68-year-old driver of the Jeep was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries where he later died.

The driver of the semi, a 40-year-old Grande Prairie man, was not injured.

Highway 2 was shut down to traffic until about noon Monday.

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The investigation is ongoing.

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