Drivers in Sturgeon County are hoping for changes after another fatal crash on a local highway north of Edmonton.

Area residents say collisions are becoming too common on Highway 28 at Highway 624, about eight kilometres east of Morinville.

Highway 28 is a major route north of Edmonton. The intersection at Highway 624 is controlled by a stop signs going east and west, while traffic on the two-lane Highway 28 has the right of way north and south.

“We have a lot of issues with the intersection,” said longtime area resident Dylan McIntyre. “There’s nothing for traffic lights, it’s all just lane control with painted arrows and people just don’t abide by them.”

On Wednesday morning, a 54-year-old man from Sturgeon County was killed in a crash at the intersection.

The man was driving in t

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