Collision north of Edmonton kills seven
Posted Apr 27, 2012 7:55 pm.
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Seven people have been killed and two are injured in a head-on collision on one of Alberta’s deadliest highways.
Police say the crash between happened Friday afternoon when a pickup truck tried to pass another vehicle on Highway 63 and collided with another pickup.
Police say there was a significant fire as a result of the crash.
Six of the victims died at the scene — a teenaged girl was airlifted to an Edmonton hospital but died several hours later.
The conditions of the two injured are not known, but they have been also airlifted to an Edmonton hospital.
It was snowing in the area at the time of the crash on the two-lane, undivided highway.
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