RCMP are investigating after a fatal collision resulted in the death of a 59-year-old man south of Slave Lake, Alta., on Saturday evening.
The two-vehicle collision happened at 7:08 p.m., at the intersection of Highway 2 and Highway 2A.
RCMP said a pick-up truck and a semi tractor trailer unit collided on Highway 2. The 59-year-old man was the only person in the pick-up truck, police said. He was declared dead on scene by emergency crews.
The 64-year-old man who was driving the semi suffered minor injuries.
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An RCMP collision analyst attended the scene. Traffic was diverted away from the highway until 3 a.m. on Jan. 19.
Slave Lake is located about 250 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.