Edmonton police are investigating a collision in the city’s northeast that left a 20-year-old woman dead and two men in hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The two-vehicle crash happened just before 6:15 a.m. Saturday in the area of 17 Street and Manning Drive.
Police said a Plymouth Acclaim was travelling northbound on Manning Drive when it struck a westbound Chrysler Intrepid that was travelling on 17 Street.
“The investigation revealed that the Chrysler allegedly failed to stop at a marked stop sign and was struck by the northbound Plymouth,” police said in a news release Saturday.
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The 46-year-old male driver of the Plymouth suffered non-life threatening injuries.
EMS treated and transported the 24-year-old male driver and 19-year-old male front passenger of the Chrysler to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
A 20-year-old female rear passenger, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Charges are now pending against the driver of the Chrysler.
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The identities of the victims have not been released.
Roads in the area were closed to traffic on Saturday morning. Shortly before 4:30 p.m., police said the area was once again open to drivers.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 780-423-4567 or through Crime Stoppers.
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