EDMONTON – A 35-year-old woman is dead following a two-vehicle collision south of Edmonton Friday night.
The crash happened at the intersection of Range Road 233 and Highway 623, just east of Leduc, at around 7:10 p.m.
RCMP said members of the public pulled the woman from her vehicle, which caught fire in the crash. First-aid and CPR were performed on the woman but she was pronounced dead on the scene by EMS.
Three people in the other vehicle – a 43-year-old man, 42-year-old woman and seven-year-old girl – were taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the collision is still under investigation.
It’s been a deadly start to the May long weekend in the Capital Region. A cyclist was killed Friday evening after colliding with a car on Highway 14 just east of Highway 216, east of Edmonton.
At around 9:50 p.m. Friday, a woman was taken to hospital after a crash in Fort Saskatchewan. She died a short time later. The driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash was arrested for impaired operation of a motor vehicle.
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RCMP officers will be out in full force on Alberta highways throughout the long weekend. Cst. Andrew Gildart with Strathcona County RCMP Traffic Services said unfortunately, some drivers continue to disobey the rules of the road.
“We just want people to slow down, buckle up, put the cellphones away and don’t drink and drive. Pretty basic rules, but those are pretty major on highways,” Gildart said.
“It’s very discouraging to me to see people out on the roads still not abiding by the rules.”
On Thursday, officers said Alberta had already recorded 17 traffic fatalities in RCMP jurisdictions this month.
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