One person is dead and a portion of Whitemud Drive was closed for hours, after a fiery collision early Monday morning.

Police responded, just before 4:00 a.m., to a vehicle on fire in the westbound lanes of Whitemud Drive between the Quesnell Bridge and the 149th Street exit. They say a car struck a concrete barrier and caught on fire. The man driving the car was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.

Police believe speed was a factor in this collision.

Investigators closed the westbound lanes on the Quesnell Bridge and were re-routing traffic onto Fox Drive.

Just after 10:30 a.m., police said the closed lanes had been reopened to traffic.