Speed, alcohol and drugs possible factors in deadly northeast Calgary crash: police

Police say speed, alcohol and drugs are being investigated as possible factors in a deadly crash in northeast Calgary early Tuesday morning.

According to investigators, a BMW 320i was travelling east on Renfrew Drive Northeast just before 1 a.m. when it left the road, went through a chain-link fence and rolled down an embankment onto 16 Avenue Northeast, which runs parallel to Renfrew Drive.

Police said there were four people in the car and that one of the passengers, a 32-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Police said the driver, a 32-year-old man, suffered minor injuries, while two other passengers — a 21-year-old woman and a 20-year-old woman — weren’t injured.

EMS said none of the surviving occupants needed to be taken to hospital.

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In a Tuesday news release, the Calgary Police Service said the driver was travelling “at a high rate of speed.”

The collision caused a section of eastbound 16 Avenue Northeast to be closed while officers investigated.

Anyone with information about the collision is asked to call the Calgary Police Service traffic section at 403-567-4000 or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously.

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