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2 people killed in northern Alberta collision

A photo of an RCMP vehicle. Global News/File

A single-vehicle collision claimed the lives of two people in northeastern Alberta early Sunday morning.

RCMP said officers were called to the scene of the collision on Northwest 4 Road on Saddle Lake Cree Nation around 5:30 a.m.

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Officers performed first aid on the two people inside the vehicle until paramedics arrived, RCMP said. However, the 42-year-old man and the 29-year-old woman who were inside the vehicle at the time of the crash died at the scene, according to police.

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The identities of the victims have not been released, but police said the man was from Whitefish Lake First Nations while the woman was from Saddle Lake.

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Saddle Lake RCMP and a collision reconstructionist are investigating the cause of the fatal collision.

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Saddle Lake is about 160 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.

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