03-27-2016, 05:38 PM
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Glenmore trail (both directions) closed due to fatal crash - Reopened
http://globalnews.ca/news/2602765/fa.../?sf23226692=1
One man is dead and one man in custody (alcohol might be a factor)
May remain closed until the morning according to CPS.
4 others in hospital.
Last edited by Knut; 03-28-2016 at 09:36 AM.
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03-27-2016, 05:50 PM
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Self-Suspension
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Yeah I drove by, very sad. Very surreal accident. Don't know how people are going to get home, it was right under the Crowchild Glenmore off ramp/bridge. Worst possible spot for an accident.
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03-27-2016, 06:24 PM
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It was about 20 cars in front of me. I've never seen that many emergency vehicles in one spot. Was able to turn around and go thru mount royal. As we passed over the over pass we saw the scene. What a massacre. Never seen a collision like that in my life.
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03-27-2016, 06:47 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Mckenzie Towne
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I drove past I'm guessing no more than 5 seconds after the accident. First time I've seen a dead body. I had to tell my kids not to look. I saw people reefing on the door of another car trying to get the poor old lady out. She was barely conscious. It was absolute carnage, I'm still kind of in shock over it. 5 seconds earlier and I easily could have been involved, with my kids in the vehicle.
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03-27-2016, 06:52 PM
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http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-...thwest-calgary
A pickup truck had been driving westbound on Glenmore when it attempted a lane change but sideswiped another vehicle before it crossed the centre median, police say.
The truck then veered into oncoming traffic, hitting a Jeep head-on, Staff Sgt. Paul Stacey said. A third vehicle, heading east at the time, was also hit in the aftermath.
The driver of the Jeep, a man believed to be in his 60s, was declared dead at the scene. Fire crews extricated a woman from the vehicle and rushed her to hospital in life-threatening condition.
The driver of the truck, who was not injured after the head-on crash, is in police custody to take a breathalyzer test.
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03-27-2016, 07:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chemgear
The driver of the truck, who was not injured after the head-on crash, is in police custody to take a breathalyzer test.
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Drunk drivers are rarely killed in the accidents they cause. =/
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03-27-2016, 07:03 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Mckenzie Towne
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He must not have been buckled, because he wasn't in his vehicle. Hopefully the lady makes it. 
Last edited by MillerTime GFG; 03-27-2016 at 07:11 PM.
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03-27-2016, 07:38 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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Do they have cables or just concrete barrier between the lanes on that section of crowchild?
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03-27-2016, 07:43 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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I think they are just barriers. Even so, no idea how cars manage to get over them to cause something like that. damn.
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03-27-2016, 07:51 PM
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No barriers in that section if I recall.
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03-27-2016, 07:53 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Mckenzie Towne
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Nothing but about 5 feet of grass and curbs on either side.
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03-27-2016, 08:18 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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Ahh, yeah. I kept reading the articles and thinking it was literally at the Crowchild overpass, not just down the road a bit closer to Richard Road.
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03-27-2016, 08:22 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Mckenzie Towne
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It was basically right where you start turning left after going under the overpass heading westbound.
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03-27-2016, 08:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chemgear
Damn.
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I gotta say this picture makes me mad. The two people settled in and watching like they're at a baseball game. The couple gawking with their kid. Show some decency.
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03-27-2016, 08:57 PM
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Could Care Less
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I gotta say this picture makes me mad. The two people settled in and watching like they're at a baseball game. The couple gawking with their kid. Show some decency.
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They might have been witnesses and shaken up themselves.
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03-27-2016, 08:58 PM
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Glad you guys were not caught in this.
That looks terrible.
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03-27-2016, 09:11 PM
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Still closed. Just went nearby on westbound Glenmore. Was heading towards crowchild anyway but all traffic was still being routed at way.
Horrible tragedy. Has any news outlet confirmed if alcohol was a factor? Drunk driving at 4pm Easter Sunday. That's sad.
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03-27-2016, 09:19 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Mckenzie Towne
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There were a lot of people out helping, and a lot of witnesses. The road was pretty busy. A lot of people were out trying to help immediately after, so heep is probably right. I would have done so myself had I not had the kids.
Words can't describe how shocking the scene was. Big clouds of smoke and dust with people rushing around frantically trying to help. It's something I won't forget for a long time, looked like a war zone.
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03-27-2016, 09:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Still closed. Just went nearby on westbound Glenmore. Was heading towards crowchild anyway but all traffic was still being routed at way.
Horrible tragedy. Has any news outlet confirmed if alcohol was a factor? Drunk driving at 4pm Easter Sunday. That's sad.
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I went through a check stop at 5pm on good Friday. Did seem odd.
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