UPDATE: Grande Prairie RCMP say the tanker truck has been recovered.
The bridge is damaged and will remain closed until repairs can be made.
Occupational Health and Safety is investigating.
RCMP thank the public for their understanding.
On Wednesday October 12, around 8 p.m. Grande Prairie RCMP along with emergency services and Grande Prairie Technical Search and Rescue responded to a collision involving a tanker truck on the Canfor 2000 Road on the Smoky River Bridge.
RCMP along with Central Alberta Rescue Diving Society and Occupational Health and Safety continue to investigate and will remain on scene for several hours today.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that a tanker truck had gone off the bridge and submerged into the river and the adult male driver, sadly, was declared deceased at scene.
The collision remains under investigation and the public is being asked to avoid the area.