By rdnewsNOW staff

Child also injured

Driver dead after two vehicles crash into moose in Thorhild County

Aug 5, 2020 | 9:04 AM

A woman is dead and a child in hospital after a crash with a moose north of Edmonton.

Redwater RCMP two vehicles hit a moose around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 63 near Township Road 622.

A media release states that a car with the woman and child was travelling south when it hit the animal first.

A northbound truck carrying four people then also collided with the moose.

The 41-year-old woman from Sturgeon County died on scene while the child was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

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Mounties said those in the truck also sustained minor injuries, but were not taken to hospital.

Redwater RCMP are investigating the crash.

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