One person is dead after a serious collision on Highway 2A near High River, Alta.
According to an RCMP news release, the collision involved a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle.
The crash happened at around 7:30 a.m., according to EMS.
Highway 2A was not passable between 434 Avenue east and Highway 543 east, Mounties said. The collision happened at the Cargill entrance.
The highway reopened at around 2 p.m.
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Heavy fog may have been a factor in this collision, police said.
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An EMS spokesperson confirmed there were two occupants in the passenger vehicle. A man was flown to Foothills Medical Centre in critical condition.
Another man from that vehicle, a 52-year-old Calgary resident, was declared dead at the scene.
The semi-truck driver was not injured, RCMP said.
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