Calgary police say one person was killed in a crash and vehicle fire on Crowchild Trail S.W. Wednesday morning near the Calgary Military Museums.
Calgary police were forced to shut down a section of Crowchild Trail southwest Wednesday morning after a vehicle appears to have gone off the road, hit a concrete sign abutment and burst into flames.
The crash happened shortly before 9 a.m. on northbound Crowchild Trail near the Calgary Military Museums, between Flanders Avenue and 50 Avenue S.W.
Video of from the scene taken shortly after the crash shows the vehicle engulfed in flames.
Calgary police are investigating a fatal crash that happened on Crowchild Trail near the Military Museums shortly before 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
Coiurtesy: Karen Warrington
Karen Warrington, a witness, told Global News, she was leaving the nearby Flames Community Arenas when she heard an explosion.
“I heard the impact,” Warrington said. “I came over and you could see the white car, which had hit the post, and immediately black smoke. People were stopped on Crowchild running to the vehicle, grabbing crowbars, trying to get the occupant out, and it didn’t take long before the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames.”
“I’m a little bit in shock. It’s not a way somebody wants to begin the morning,” added Warrington. “I pray for the family of this individual.”
The CPS Traffic Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal car crash and fire on Crowchild Trail that happened shortly before 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
Courtesy: Karen Warrington
Police closed northbound Crowchild at 50th Avenue S.W. for several hours while the CPS collision reconstruction unit was called in to investigate.
So far there’s no work on the cause of the crash.
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