2 motorcyclists die in crash near Black Diamond

Two motorcyclists a 48-year-old woman and a 57-year-old man were killed in a crash south of Calgary on Thursday night.

They were south of Black Diamond headingeastbound on Highway 543, east of Range Road 22, when the collision happened just after 9 p.m., RCMP said.

It's believed they were attempting to pass vehicles when they both hit a truck hauling a flat-deck trailer.

An RCMP collision analyst is investigating.

Both motorcyclists were from Okotoks.

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