Peter Shokeir | [email protected]
A 21-year-old individual from Beaumont has died following a motor vehicle collision on Highway 16, approximately six kilometres west of Jasper.
On Sept. 8, an eastbound sedan had been passing other vehicles when it collided head-on with a westbound pick-up truck, according to a preliminary investigation.
Jasper RCMP responded to the collision shortly before 11 p.m.
The lone 21-year-old driver of the sedan was declared deceased on scene.
The two occupants of the pick-up truck 鈥� a 30-year-old male driver and 29-year-old female passenger, both of Grande Prairie 鈥� were transported to hospital and released with minor injuries.
Emergency crews cleared from the highway this morning around 8 a.m.
Police have been in contact with next of kin and continue to investigate the collision with the assistance of an RCMP Collision Analyst.
No further updates are anticipated.
Editor's note: A previous version of the story had an incorrect time.
