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1 dead after multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1 north of Chestermere

Click to play video: '1 person dead after crash involving 3 semi-trucks near Chestermere'
1 person dead after crash involving 3 semi-trucks near Chestermere
WATCH: One person died following a crash on Highway 1 near Chestermere Friday. As Michael King reports, the crash involved three semi-trucks – Jan 20, 2023

One person was killed following a multi-vehicle crash north of Chestermere early Friday morning.

Around 3 a.m., Chestermere RCMP said they were called to a crash on Highway 1 and Paradise Road.

Police said the collision involved a semi that had collided with two other semi trucks parked on the shoulder. Global News Helicopter footage also shows what appears to be a car also involved in the wreckage.

Police added one semi involved was carrying herbicide and a crew from Alberta Environment will be attending the scene to deal with the clean up.

In a news release, RCMP said one person died, though no other details such as gender or age were given.

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Emergency crews and traffic investigators were at the site of the crash much of Friday and it wasn’t until 10 p.m. that police said the scene was cleared and roads reopened.

Emergency crews at the scene of a fatal crash involving what appears to be three semi and one car on Jan. 20, 2023. Global News
The side of part of the wreckage from afatal crash on Highway 1 near Paradise Road, north of Chestermere on Jan. 20, 2023. Michael King, Global News

The RCMP collision reconstructionist and criminal collision investigation team are assisting Chestermere and Strathmore RCMP detachments with this investigation.

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Emergency crews at the scene of a fatal crash involving what appears to be three semi and one car on Jan. 20, 2023. Global News
Emergency crews at the scene of a fatal crash involving what appears to be three semi and one car on Jan. 20, 2023. Global News
Emergency crews at the scene of a fatal crash involving what appears to be three semi and one car on Jan. 20, 2023. Global News

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