A motorcycle and pickup truck collided Monday afternoon on Groat Road north of the North Saskatchewan River, causing police to shut down the road in both directions to investigate the fatal crash.
The crash happened sometime after 3 p.m., just south of the 107 Avenue overpass, between the motorcycle and a grey Dodge Ram truck.
At the time, Edmonton police said the driver of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
Alberta Health Services later said EMS responded between 4 and 4:30 p.m., and declared one patient dead on scene. Police later said the person who died was a 46-year-old man who had been driving the motorcycle.
Police did not report any other injuries, and AHS said no patients were taken to hospital.
An Edmonton police spokesperson said drivers trying to get onto Groat Road from the University of Alberta area, River Valley Road or Victoria Park Road will not be able to go north, and drivers trying to access Groat Road from 107 Avenue or 111 Avenue will not be able to go south.
The major collision investigation unit was on site and police said the road would be closed for several hours, so drivers were advised to find another route.
“It was reported that a motorcycle was travelling northbound on Groat Road when the male operator lost control and struck a center barrier,” police said in a news release Monday night. “The male subsequently travelled over the barrier into an oncoming truck, travelling southbound on Groat Road.
“The man was pronounced deceased on scene by paramedics.”