Morinville RCMP says a 54-year-old Airdrie man was killed when the minivan he was driving sideswiped a pickup truck hauling wood north of the town of Gibbons yesterday (May 1) afternoon.

RCMP say the crash happened around 3:00 pm on Highway 28 between Township Road 564 and Township Road 570 about two kilometres north of Gibbons which is located approximately 30 kilometres north of Edmonton.  

The van was heading southbound on Highway 28 when it sideswiped the northbound pickup.  The Airdrie man was the lone occupant of the van and was pronounced dead at the scene.  The driver of the pickup wasn't injured.

The RCMP say the name of the deceased will not be released.

Traffic was re-routed around the scene of the collision until 8:00 pm while Morinville RCMP and the RCMP's Traffic Collision Analyst investigated.

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