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.
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.
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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