Edmonton Journal

Rollover kills two on road repair crew

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Two men were killed in northern Alberta on Monday morning when a large asphalt reclaiming machine they were in rolled into a ditch near Beaverlodg­e in northwest Alberta. RCMP said the rollover happened on a constructi­on site on Highway 672 between Range Road 81 and Township Road 274. When officers arrived at the scene, they discovered the vehicle on its roof in the ditch. The two male occupants, subcontrac­tors for a Ledcor road paving job, were pronounced dead at the scene. Beaverlodg­e is about 500 km northwest of Edmonton.

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