Two Edmonton-area people killed in northern Alberta crash

Two people from the Edmonton area died Thursday in a collision south of Grande Prairie, police said in a news release.

RCMP were called to the crash scene at theintersection of Canfor Road and Forestry Trunk Road, about 100 kilometres south of Grande Prairie,at about 12:45 p.m.

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A truck southbound on Forestry Road collided with an eastbound logging truck at the intersection, RCMP said.

The67-year-old truck driver and his 27-year-old passenger, both from the Edmonton area,died at the scene.

A female passenger, fromMundare, suffered serious injuries and was flown to hospital by STARS Air Ambulance.

The logging truck driver was not injured.

The collisionremains under investigation.