Two men dead, six others injured after semi truck hits a group of motorcyclists

Two men are dead and six others are injured after a semi-truck crossed a centre line and collided with a group of motorcycle riders near Faust, on Saturday morning.

At roughly 11:42 a.m. officers in Faust received a report of a collision involving several motorcycles on Highway 2 near Range Road 143, said police in a release.

An off-duty RCMP officer was already on scene assisting the injured as emergency crews arrived.

Multiple riders were injured, including one man who was airlifted by STARS air ambulance.

“The risks on our highways are constant. This is a very tragic incident, and it shows things can happen happen in an instant,” said Alberta RCMP Cst. Troy Savinkoff.

Savinkoff confirmed the group of riders were part of the Redrum Motorcycle Club.

A post on the club’s Facebook page has confirmed the two men who died are 38-year-old Laurent Laurent Isadore from Drift Pile First Nation, and 33-year-old Tyler Duboski of Edmonton.

Savinkoff confirmed that four other men who were injured in the crash are from Edmonton, while one other man is from Grande Prairie and another from Kinuso, a hamlet near Lesser Slave Lake.

Police are still investigating the cause of the crash, but early indications are that alcohol wasn’t a factor in the collision.

“This is very early in the investigation. We have eliminated alcohol impairment as a factor, but there are many steps needed to be taken before we can determine if charges will be laid,” said Savinkoff.

Faust is located 310 km northwest of Edmonton.

More to come…