One person dead in head-on collision near Airdrie

A man is dead after a crash east of Airdrie, EMS said.

It happened around 11:45 a.m. Monday when a westbound semi-tanker truck and a eastbound pick-up truck collided on Highway 567 west of Range Road 283.

Both vehicles came to rest in the ditch and had extensive damage.

Paramedics said the driver of the pick-up truck, a man in his 20s, died at the scene. The driver of the semi, a man in his 50s, was not injured.

“Initially STARS had been placed on standby for reports of more than one patient but they were stood down when it was determined no patients would be transported from the scene,” EMS spokesperson Stuart Brideaux said.

Investigators are speaking with witnesses and drivers are encouraged to use alternate routes.

“It was a relatively high mechanism collision involving a lot of damage to both vehicles,” Brideaux said.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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