Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash that claimed one driver’s life and seriously injured another.
Two vehicles collided south of Barrhead, on Highway 33 and Township road 574, around 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
After a preliminary investigation, police said a car was rear ended by a truck while trying to turn onto a side road.
The 24-year-old man driving the car died on scene. He has been identified as Joshua Pare-White, a member of the Ste. Anne East Fire Station in Lac Ste. Anne County. The county called Pare-White a "young energetic soul" who was a rising star in its service.
The man driving the truck suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries.
The truck’s driver was charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing death and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death. RCMP said on Sunday he had been released from custody.
Barrhead is located about 120 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.
