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Benalto man dead after truck collides with train

A 21-year-old Benalto man has died as a result of a collision with a CN train approximately seven kilometres west of Sylvan Lake.

A 21-year-old Benalto man has died as a result of a collision with a CN train approximately seven kilometres west of Sylvan Lake.

At approximately 2:20 p.m. on Jan. 30, Sylvan Lake RCMP, along with Sylvan Lake Fire and Ambulance, responded to a collision between a full-size Ford pickup and a CN train on Township Road 385, a short distance east of Range Road 23.

On arrival of emergency crews, the male and lone occupant of the pickup was located trapped inside the pickup truck. Emergency services used the jaws of life to extract the driver of the pickup. STARS Air Ambulance was dispatched, however, the driver succumbed to his injuries at the scene prior to their arrival and STARS was then called off.

It appears that the pickup, which had been travelling on the township road, struck the front of the southbound train as the train crossed the roadway.

An RCMP collision analyst attended the scene and is assisting with the investigation. The township road was closed during the scene investigation, but has now been reopened.

The name of the deceased is not being released at this time.