Woman dead after police say truck going the wrong way hits car on Edmonton bridge
EDMONTON – A woman is dead and several other people were seriously injured when police say a pickup truck that was traveling the wrong way across a bridge in Edmonton collided with an SUV.
City police say the Dodge Ram truck was traveling north in southbound lanes on Wayne Gretzky Drive early Sunday when it narrowly missed a collision with a southbound police patrol car.
The truck then immediately crashed into an Audi Q5 that was driving behind the patrol car.
The 21-year-old female passenger of the Audi was pronounced dead by paramedics, while the 31-year-old driver of the vehicle was taken to hospital in critical condition.
Paramedics also transported the 23-year-old male suspected driver of the Ram truck to hospital in critical condition, while his 21-year-old female passenger was also taken to hospital with what appeared to be serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
Police claim speed and limitations were factors in the collision and say their Major Collision Investigations Section has taken over the investigation.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on June 25, 2023.
