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CITYBEAT - CITY OF CALGARY PRESS RELEASE
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At about 2:30 PM on Tuesday the 3 April 2007, police, fire
and EMS responded to a multi vehicle collision on the
Deerfoot Trail under the Peigan Trail overpass.
Initial investigations indicate that some snow was knocked
off or fell off the Peigan Train overpass onto a car
travelling south on Deerfoot Trail. The driver braked hard
and was struck from behind by a black Ford Focus. The first
vehicle then sideswiped another vehicle before coming to rest
against the center median barrier. The Focus spun out of
control and was then struck by a large flat bed truck on the
driver’s side. The truck was then rear-ended by a blue GMC
mini van.
EMS treated the driver of the Focus while she was being
extracted from the badly damaged vehicle by the fire
department. STARS flew the 18-year-old female driver and
lone occupant to hospital in life-threatening condition. Her
condition has since been upgraded to serious but stable.
Traffic has been diverted from southbound Deerfoot Trail onto
Peigan Trail while the Traffic Section conducts the
investigation.
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