One man is dead after a single vehicle collision near Aldersyde this morning.

According to RCMP around 10:30 a.m. a BMW 323i travelling north on Highway 2 went off the road into the centre median and struck the centre support beam on the Hwy 547 overpass.

The driver and lone occupant of the car, a 21-year-old man from Calgary, died at the scene.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation but alcohol is not believed to be a factor.

Northbound Highway 2 was reduced to one lane after the accident, it has since been re-opened.

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