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An 18-year-old Airdrie man died from his accidents after driving off an off-ramp at a excessive fee of velocity on Sunday, Airdrie RCMP say.
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An Airdrie officer was touring northbound on the QEII Freeway close to the East Lake Crescent exit at about 10 p.m. when the officer was overtaken by a rushing hatchback sedan, in keeping with RCMP.
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The officer, in a totally marked police car, adopted the hatchback because it exited the freeway onto the westbound ramp for Veterans Blvd. and switched on his emergency lights.
The hatchback then drove off the westbound ramp and up the embankment, crossing Veterans Blvd. and crashed on the north aspect of the highway.
The driving force – who was the only occupant of the car – was handled on the scene by RCMP, Airdrie Hearth and EMS and was transported to Foothills Medical Middle with severe, life-threatening accidents.
The 18-year-old was pronounced useless on the hospital.
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Incident will not be thought-about a police chase
RCMP Cpl. James McConnell stated the incident was not thought-about a police chase because of the distance between the police car and hatchback on the time it drove off the ramp.
“There was no pursuit initiated and that is why you do not see ASIRT (the Alberta Severe Incident Response Staff) concerned,” McConnell stated.
“The car was driving erratically earlier than the officer turned on their lights.”
Airdrie RCMP are persevering with to research the state of affairs and think about extreme velocity to be a contributing issue within the collision.
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