A 75-year-old man died following a collision on a southern Alberta highway Thursday morning.
Alberta Health Services EMS confirmed one person involved in the crash south of Calgary has been killed.
Northbound lanes of Highway 2 at Highway 547, east of Okotoks, Alta., and near Aldersyde, Alta., were closed following the crash, which happened at around 10:30 a.m.
RCMP announced the septagenarian was a resident of nearby High River, Alta., and was declared dead at the scene.
In an early evening update, RCMP said the roadways had reopened.
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Images from the scene appeared to show the front end of a pickup truck wedged underneath a semi trailer.
STARS Air Ambulance was dispatched to a scene near Okotoks just before 11 a.m., but EMS said they did not transport any patients from the scene.
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