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Another fatality on Alberta’s so-called highway of death

Highway 63 was shut down on January 18, 2013, in this file photo. Global News

One person is dead following a crash on Highway 63 Tuesday night.

Boyle R-C-M-P say the driver of a pickup truck was killed on Highway 63 last night when the vehicle pulled onto the road and collided with a semi hauling sulphur.

The driver of the semi wasn’t hurt and none of the sulphur spilled.

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The person who died has not been identified and police say weather was not a factor in the crash.

At least 47 people have died on Highway 63 in the past six years, including seven people killed in a head-on crash last year.

The road links Edmonton with Fort McMurray.

The provincial government announced plans to twin the highway last spring, with construction to be completed in 2016.

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With files from Canadian Press

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