The driver of a pickup truck was pronounced dead at the scene of a fiery two-vehicle crash that closed a section of Highway 20 northwest of Rimbey, Alta. on Tuesday.
Emergency crews responded to the scene — north of Township Road 442 — at 12:09 p.m. after a pickup truck and a semi-truck collided. Both vehicles caught fire, the RCMP said.
The driver of the semi-truck was taken to hospital with minor injuries but later released.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing but police said their preliminary investigation suggests the pickup truck was headed south and “entered the north lane on a curved section of the highway, colliding with a northbound semi-truck.”
While the investigation is not yet complete, police said they do not expect to lay any charges.
For more than eight hours, northbound traffic along Highway 20 was diverted at Township Road 442 and southbound traffic was diverted at Township Road 444.
The highway was reopened at about 8:45 p.m.
The site of the crash is about 90 kilometres northwest of Red Deer.
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