Alberta’s “Highway of Death” claims another life

By News Staff

Posted Dec 2, 2012 3:54 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A weekend crash on Highway 63 adds to the more than 150 people who have died in collisions on the stretch of road since 1990.

Wood Buffalo RCMP say a 38-year old man died Saturday after two transport trucks crashed head on, north of Fort McMurray.

The identity of the person killed remains unknown.

Highway 63 connects Edmonton and Fort McMurray.

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