Man killed after head-on collision in rural Alberta over weekend

Alberta RCMP says a 38-year-old from Beaumont was killed in a collision over the weekend.

Mounties from Thorsby responded to a collision involving a passenger van and a motorcycle on Oct. 5, on Highway 39.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found the motorcyclist dead.

Through initial stages of an investigation, police learned that the motorcycle was heading east on Highway 39 near Warburg — roughly 75 kilometres southwest of Edmonton. At the time, he was in a group that was in a memorial bike run.

Witnesses claim the motorcyclist lost control of his bike and crossed into oncoming traffic, and collided head-on with the minivan.