South Edmonton crash leaves driver with life-threatening injuries: police

Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash in south Edmonton on Tuesday morning that sent the driver to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police said a vehicle was headed north on 113th Street at about 6:50 a.m. when it went off the road and hit a light pole near 65th Avenue.

The driver was the only person in the vehicle and was taken to hospital by paramedics.

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Northbound 113th Street was closed for several hours as police investigated. Shortly after 11 a.m., police said the northbound lanes had been reopened.

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