Collision between tractor and truck claims man's life

ST. PAUL - A collision between a farm tractor and a pickup truck on Friday claimed the life of a 58-year-old man from Saddle Lake.

Shortly after 6 p.m. on Feb. 14, St. Paul RCMP were called to a collision between a tractor and a pick up truck along Highway 652, near Range Road 115. 

"Upon arrival at the scene, it was determined that the driver of the pickup truck, a 58-year-old male of Saddle Lake, Alta. was deceased," reads an RCMP media release sent out Sunday. "Two female passengers in the truck were both transported to a nearby hospital with serious non-life threatening injuries. The male driver of the tractor was uninjured."

The release notes that at the time of the collision visibility was clear and the roads were partially covered in snow. A collision analyst attended the scene and the collision remains under investigation, according to RCMP.

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