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Coroner's office identifies driver killed in Alaska Highway collision

A pickup truck and a boom truck collided in a head-on on the Alaska Highway, killing the driver of the pickup and a dog. Two people in the boom truck suffered minor injuries.

Pickup truck and boom truck collided head-on; no charges expected to be laid

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RCMP say there was a report around 5:30 p.m. on Monday that there was a two-vehicle collision near kilometre 1,136 on the Alaska Highway near Swift River, Yukon. (Google)

The Yukon Coroner's Service has identified the victim of a fatal vehicle collision on the Alaska Highway Monday evening, as 46-year-old Garth Evan Zorn. 

Zorn was the owner of EZ Heating and Sheet Metal Ltd., and had been a resident of Watson Lake for 27 years. He was travelling with his dog, Romeo, who also died in the accident. 

According to an RCMP press release, at about 5:30 p.m. Monday, Zorn's truck collided head-on with a boom truck at kilometre 1,136, near Swift River, Yukon. 

RCMP say two people in the boom truck suffered minor injuries.

The Alaska Highway was closed from Junction 37 to Teslin for about 12 hours. Two collision analysts from Yukon RCMP conducted a scene analysis. 

Teslin RCMP and the Yukon Coroner's Service are investigating.

"At this time, charges are not expected to be laid," the statement said.

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