At approximately 7:30pm on Saturday May 27, Provincial EMS, Valleyview Fire and Fox Creek RCMP responded to the report a motorcycle accident just outside the hamlet of Little Smoky on Highway 43.

A 56 year old male driver from Sylvan Lake, Alberta had been travelling northbound on Hwy 43, when he lost control of his motorcycle and collided with the bridge at Little Smoky River.

Efforts to revive the driver were unsuccessful and he died at the scene.

All possible contributing factors related to this collision are being considered and the accident remains under investigation.

The hamlet of Little Smoky is 310kms north west of Edmonton.