RCMP investigating cause of fatal crash east of Red Deer

One person is dead and four others sent to hospital following a head-on collision east of Red Deer Sunday night.

On July 30, 2023, at approximately 9:15 p.m., Blackfalds RCMP were called to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 11 between Range Road 263 and Highway 808, just east of Red Deer, in Red Deer County.

An RCMP Collision Reconstructionist attended the scene and the preliminary investigation indicates that the vehicle heading in the eastbound lane crossed into the path of a westbound lane vehicle, colliding head on. Mounties say the westbound vehicle rolled and caught fire.

Emergency services were dispatched to assist; however, the 48-year-old male driving in the westbound lane succumbed to his injuries. The other driver and all three passengers involved were taken to hospital by ambulance with non-life threating injuries.