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Lethbridge woman killed in Highway 40 crash near Grande Prairie

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A woman was killed and a man was critically injured after a two-vehicle crash near Grande Prairie on Saturday.

Emergency crews responded to the collision at Highway 40 near Township Road 692 at 1 a.m.

A pickup truck was heading north and a semi-truck was going south when the crash happened, RCMP said.

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A 42-year-old Lethbridge woman, who was driving the truck, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. She was the only one in the vehicle.

STARS Air Ambulance took the semi-truck driver — a 32-year-old Grande Prairie man — to the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The collision forced the closure of Highway 40 south of Grande Prairie near Grovedale for several hours and prompted a detour to be set up, police said. At around 6 p.m., police said the highway was reopened.

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The cause is under investigation.

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