Elderly man, woman from B.C. identified as pair killed in Alberta crash
Posted August 13, 2021 2:31 pm.
Last Updated August 13, 2021 1:58 pm.
CALGARY — A man and woman from B.C. have been identified as the pair killed in a horrific crash along Highway 1, west of Calgary, this week.
The crash happened just west of Morley around 11:30 a.m. when a cube van crossed the grass median and struck a car, resulting in multiple other vehicles, including a semi-truck, to be involved.
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That car was occupied by a 75-year-old woman, and a 78-year-old man from Columbia Valley, B.C. who were both declared dead on scene.
The driver of the cube van was operated by a 50-year-old man from Sherwood Park, and was accompanied by a 27-year-old man from Winnipeg.
The driver of the semi-truck was a 55-year-old man from Calgary.
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EMS spokesman Adam Loria said all three people from the cube van and semi-truck were transported by ambulances to the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary with serious, but non life-threatening injuries.
RCMP in Cochrane are continuing to investigate the cause of the crash.