EDMONTON — A busy highway northeast of Edmonton was shut down for several hours early Tuesday morning because of a serious collision that sent three people to hospital.
Fort Saskatchewan RCMP responded at 4 a.m. to a 911 call of a two-vehicle collision on Highway 15 at the North Saskatchewan River Bridge.
EMS transported all three people involved in the crash to area hospitals.
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Police have not yet released details on how the crash happened, but a RCMP K Division Collision Analyst was called the scene.
The highway was closed at the bridge for about 5 hours, and drivers were asked to use either Highway 830 or Highway 21. One lane was re-opened just after 9 a.m., and the other re-opened around 10 a.m.
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Two off-duty Redwater RCMP members helped responding officers.
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