Teenage boy dead after dirt bike crash near Alberta-Saskatchewan border
An RCMP cruiser is seen in this undated file photo. (CTV News)
A teenage boy is dead after a crash involving a dirt bike east of Edmonton on Tuesday.
Emergency crews were called to a crash involving a dirt bike and a side-by-side at 8:10 p.m. in the area of Range Road 21 north of Township Road 503A near Lloydminster.
When they arrived, they pronounced the 14-year-old driver of the dirt bike dead at the scene.
Police say the side-by-side was travelling northbound on Range Road 21 and the dirt bike was going southbound when they collided at a turn in the road.
No further information is expected to be released.
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