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Man on motorcycle killed in crash near Gibbons Saturday night

An RCMP vehicle. File / Global News

A man driving a motorcycle died Saturday night after his bike lost control north of Edmonton Saturday night.

Morinville RCMP and emergency services responded shortly after 6 p.m. to the single-vehicle collision at a highway interchange just north of Gibbons.

The 34-year-old man driving the motorcycle struck a guard rail at Highways 28 and 28A and died on scene. Police did not say where the man was from.

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Traffic was diverted to one lane for about three hours while police investigated and the scene was cleared.

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No other vehicles were involved. Police said they continue to investigate all factors which may have contributed to this collision, but no further information would be made available.

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The intersection is about 35 kilometres north of Edmonton.

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