69-year-old Edmonton man dead following Parkland collision

RCMP say a 69-year-old motorcyclist is dead following a crash involving a pickup truck roughly 20 kilometres west of Edmonton on Thursday morning.

Mounties were called to the scene on Highway 627 near Range Road 273 in Parkland County just after 6 a.m.

Police found the rider of the motorcycle, a man from Edmonton, dead at the scene.

The 82-year-old driver of the pickup truck from Spruce Grove was uninjured.

Police remained at the scene throughout the morning as a collision reconstructionist tried to piece together the events. The highway was closed throughout that work but was expected to open up early Thursday afternoon.

Just hours before, a 21-year-old woman died in a single-vehicle crash east of Sherwood Park.