Saturday Groat Highway crash follows Friday hit and run, pedestrian fatality

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A severe collision Saturday on Groat Highway left a girl with life-threatening accidents and shut down northbound lanes at 116 Avenue for hours as police investigated.

Police in a ten:30 a.m. alert mentioned motorists ought to keep away from the realm if potential. The highway was anticipated to be open once more round 2:30 p.m.

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In a 1:30 p.m. information launch, police mentioned main collision officers have been dispatched to the single-vehicle collision after it was reported that the driving force of a Mini Cooper was travelling northbound on Groat Highway, simply passing 115 Avenue towards the bend within the highway, when it subsequently collided with a tree on the east curb.

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A 43-year-old male driver and a four-year-old baby secured in a automobile seat within the rear of the automobile, sustained non-life-threatening accidents. The rear passenger, a 43-year-old lady, is in life-threatening situation.

Neither pace nor alcohol have been components on this crash, police mentioned. Main collision officers proceed to analyze.

The Groat Highway crash follows a busy Friday afternoon for visitors collisions, with successful and run of a motorbike on Whitemud Drive close to 17 Avenue round 1:30 p.m. and a pedestrian fatality close to 53 Avenue and 105 Avenue round 3:30 p.m.

Police in a Friday evening information launch mentioned the gray/blue Volvo S60, a 2004 to 2006 mannequin, struck the 2020 Honda bike, inflicting the 54-year-old bike driver to fall off, sliding a long way down Whitemud Drive. The rider sustained severe, non-life-threatening accidents. The driving force of the Volvo continued on and didn’t cease.

Hours later, round 3:30 p.m., a 64-year-old man was strolling south throughout 53 Avenue at 105 Avenue when a dump truck turning southbound onto 105 Avenue from 53 Avenue struck him, police mentioned later Friday. When responding officers arrived on scene, they situated the severely injured man earlier than paramedics responded and handled the sufferer however he succumbed to his accidents. The driving force of the truck is co-operating with the investigation.

Investigators of Friday’s collisions and the Groat crash Saturday are asking anybody who witnessed them or those that have dashcam footage to contact police at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a cell phone. Nameless info can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or on-line at www.p3tips.com/250.