A 61-year-old Edmonton man is dead following a head-on highway crash south of the town of Vulcan Tuesday night.
Emergency crews responded to a location on Highway 23, south of Township Road 162, shortly after 6:30 p.m. for reports of a collision involving a car and a truck.
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A preliminary investigation by RCMP determined the driver of the northbound car, a resident of Edmonton, lost control of the vehicle and crashed into an oncoming truck.
The Edmonton man was taken by ambulance to hospital but died a short time later.
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The two occupants of the truck were not seriously injured.
According to RCMP, poor road conditions are believed to have contributed to the fatal crash.
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