Police said charges are pending against the driver of a car in connection with a deadly crash in north Edmonton Monday afternoon.
Officers were called to the scene near 97 Street and 160 Avenue at around 4:30 p.m.
Police said witnesses told them an SUV was headed north on 97 Street when it was hit from behind by a car. The SUV caught fire and both vehicles veered into a ditch east of the intersection.
They said the driver of the SUV, a middle-aged woman, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the car, a man in his 20s, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
“We saw that blue car, that’s right there in ditch, it got hit by the white car that’s in the ditch, rear-ended,” Nadine Bouchard, who witnessed the crash, said. “The car flew in the air, the blue one, and it caught on fire and blew up.”
“It was horrible. I saw the fire and the flames. The fire went at least 20 feet in the air.”
According to police, speed and alcohol are believed to be factors in the crash and on Monday evening they said charges were pending against the driver of the car.
Police said the woman’s death marks Edmonton’s 23rd traffic fatality of 2016.
Anyone who saw the crash is asked to contact the Edmonton Police Service at 780.423.4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Tips can also be anonymously submitted by contacting Crime Stoppers at 1.800.222.8477 or online.
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