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By Eli J. Ridder

Medicine Hat motorcyclist dies in Highway 1 collision near Redcliff

Oct 28, 2024 | 11:41 AM

A 66-year-old Medicine Hat man has died after sustaining injuries in a motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle and a SUV on Highway 1 by Redcliff.

Redcliff RCMP, the Redcliff Fire Department and paramedics were dispatched to the crash site at 5:13 p.m. on Sunday evening.

The motorcycle driver was transported to the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital with life-threatening injuries. He later succumbed to his injuries and died in hospital.

The driver of the SUV was uninjured.

Both vehicles were headed eastbound.

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The highway remained closed for several hours while an RCMP collision analyst was deployed to the scene.

The cause of the collision is still under investigation.