2 dead after semi runs stop sign northeast of Edmonton: RCMP

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Two people are dead after a crash involving a semi near Redwater.

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Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Highway 38 and Highway 643 at 4:48 p.m. on Saturday.

Mounties say a semi pulling a trailer was traveling west on Highway 38 when the 22-year-old driver failed to stop at a stop sign and crashed into a pickup traveling southbound on Highway 643.

The 41-year-old man driving the pickup and a 34-year-old man in the passenger seat, both of Sherwood Park, were declared dead at the scene.

A 43-year-old woman in the back seat of the pickup was seriously injured and taken to hospital by ambulance.

The driver of the semi was taken to the hospital and released.

No further information has been released.

Redwater is about 50 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.