Lethbridge man dead following collision near Fort Macleod

FORT MACLEOD, AB – RCMP are reporting that one person has died following a collision Saturday morning.

At 9:10 am, emergency responders were called to an area of Highway 3 approximately three kilometres west of Fort Macleod.

“Preliminary investigation indicates that a passenger car had been travelling eastbound on Highway 3 when it entered the westbound lanes colliding with a pick-up truck,” reads a media release from Fort Macleod RCMP.

The driver and lone occupant of the car, a 52-year-old man from Lethbridge, was airlifted by STARS Air Ambulance to Calgary.