Crash kills six on highway south of Jasper
Posted Aug 8, 2018 09:07:31 AM.
Last Updated Aug 8, 2018 11:05:17 AM.
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Six people have died, including two tourists from the United States, following a highway crash in Alberta’s Jasper National Park.
RCMP say the collision happened early Tuesday evening on Highway 93 near Honeymoon Lake, about 60 kilometres south of the Jasper townsite.
A van carrying five members of an American family was heading north when it collided with a southbound vehicle, causing both to start on fire.
Mounties say two people in the van died at the scene, two others were taken to hospital and a toddler survived without injury.
All four people in the second vehicle were killed.
Police say a third vehicle drove off the road to avoid the collision and two people in that car suffered minor injuries.