One child was killed and another flown to hospital by STARS after the side-by-side utility vehicle they were in was involved in a collision with an SUV near Acme, Alta., Thursday evening.
Airdrie RCMP, as well as STARS Air Ambulance and EMS and fire crews from Acme and Kneehill County, were called out to a serious two-vehicle between the open-door side-by-side vehicle and an SUV at the intersection of Highway 575 and Range Road 264 at around 6 p.m.
There were two people in the side-by-side, RCMP said: a nine-year-old boy who was killed in the crash and a 14-year-old boy, who was taken by STARS to Alberta Children’s Hospital in stable, non-life-threatening condition.
Both boys are from Rocky View County, police said.
The driver of the SUV, a 29-year-old man from Kneehill County, was not harmed, the RCMP said.
RCMP told Global News preliminary investigation indicates the side-by-side was struck while crossing Highway 575.
RCMP are asking people to avoid the area.
Acme is about 85 kilometres northeast of Calgary.