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Woman dies in crash near CFB Edmonton

File: The side of an Alberta RCMP vehcile. Global News

One person is dead after a crash on Christmas Eve near Canadian Forces Base Edmonton.

Around 1:45 p.m. on Friday Morinville RCMP received a report that a southbound travelling car lost control and collided head-on with a northbound travelling SUV on Highway 28, between Township Road 542 and Township Road 544.

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The Mounties, along with the Military Police from the Edmonton Garrison and EMS responded to the two-vehicle collision.

A woman in her 50s from the Edmonton area died at the scene. The person in the SUV was transported by ground ambulance to an Edmonton-area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

An RCMP collision reconstructionist was at the scene of the crash which was closed down for several hours.

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