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By Nathaniel Leigh

RCMP

UPDATE: Highway 43 open again following serious motor collision

Jul 6, 2024 | 4:45 PM

UPDATE:

Grande Prairie RCMP have reopened Highway 43 following a serious motor vehicle collision that resulted in one casualty Saturday, July 6.

Mounties say around 2:50 p.m a Ford F350 pick up truck was driving east on Highway 43, when it approached the intersection of Highway 43x and ran into vehicles stopped for a red light, including two pickups, an SUV and a semi.

Upon arrival, emergency crews tended to the occupants of the vehicles, including a five-year-old resident of Clairmont, who was declared deceased at the scene.

Other patients were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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The incident is still under investigation, Grande Prairie RCMP are expressing their condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.

The total number and status of the patients is not available at this time.

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Grande Prairie RCMP are currently on scene at a serious motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 43 and 43x.

Mounties are redirecting traffic in both directions on the highway while the work is ongoing.

We will have more updates as they become available.