Fatal crash west of Drumheller

Posted Oct 24, 2010 3:13 pm.

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A 19 year-old man is dead after a single vehicle crash 35kms west of Drumheller.

RCMP say on Saturday, a pickup was traveling westbound on highway 9 in a construction zone when his truck went off the road, into the ditch and rolled several times.

When emergency crew arrived on the scene they found the driver had been ejected from his truck.

The male was transported to Foothills Hospital by STARS air ambulance but was pronounced dead on arrival.

Police believe speed was a factor in the crash

The driver of the truck was not wearing a seatbelt and no names have been released.

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