By Charles Lefebvre

RCMP confirms man killed following Highway 36 collision

Feb 20, 2019 | 1:44 PM

TABER, AB — RCMP in Taber have confirmed one person has died following a collision on Highway 36 Wednesday morning.

According to RCMP, the collision involved a southbound truck colliding with a northbound van at approximately 9:25 a.m. on Highway

The driver of the van, a 39-year-old male, was pronounced dead at the scene. His name will not be released. A 27-year-old female passenger, and a child passenger were both transported to hospital by ambulance with serious, but non life-threatening injuries.

An additional child in the van needed to be airlifted by STARS Air Ambulance to Calgary, after suffering serious, life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the truck, a 60-year-old woman, was airlifted by HALO to hospital with serious injuries.

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In the news release from RCMP, they say roads at the time of the collision were snow covered and icy, with blowing snow in the area.

Traffic has returned to normal.