1 dead, 2 injured in multi-vehicle collision outside Okotoks Wednesday

One woman died and two people were injured in a multi-vehicle collision just outside Okotoks on Wednesday afternoon.

RCMP said officers arrived at the scene, approximately four kilometres west of Okotoks on Highway 7, just before 1 p.m.

One person died at the scene and two people were taken to Foothills hospital in “serious but stable condition,” EMS confirmed.

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According to Alberta 511, a stretch of Highway 7 was closed between 32 street West and 48 Street West for several hours in the afternoon.

At 8 p.m., RCMP said the scene had been cleared.