Southern Alberta man killed in 2-vehicle collision east of Lethbridge

RCMP are investigating after a 62-year-old man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 3 near the hamlet of Burdett, about 100 kilometres east of Lethbridge, Alta.

Emergency crews were called just after 6 p.m. Sunday after a Dodge Ram and Dodge Caravan collided at the intersection of Highway 3 and Range Road 121.

The driver of the Ram, a 62-year-old man from the nearby community of Winnifred, was pronounced dead at the scene.

One person in the Dodge Caravan was airlifted to hospital, and four others were treated for minor injuries.

An RCMP collision analyst in now investigating the cause of the crash.

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