Speed believed to be a factor after car ‘launched’ from Anthony Henday Drive in south Edmonton

Speed is believed to be a factor in an early morning collision in south Edmonton that sent two people to hospital.

At around 3:10 a.m. Thursday, police said a Volkswagen Golf was heading west on Anthony Henday Drive just before Parsons Road when the car “launched over the north and southbound lanes of Parsons Road and came to rest a short distance away from the train tracks in the area.”

The view from the Global 1 News helicopter showed a silver car on the train tracks with heavy front-end damage.

Police on scene Thursday morning said the car travelled about 50 metres before landing on the walking trail beside Parsons Road. The vehicle then slid into the ditch, impacting the side of the railway, police said.

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Police said the 41-year-old man driving the car and a 38-year-old woman who was a passenger in the car suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Both were taken to hospital by paramedics.

Parsons Road was closed to traffic at Ellwood Drive S.W. for several hours before reopening just before 9:30 a.m.

Officers with the Major Collisions Investigations Section ask anyone who witnesses the collision to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567.