At approximately 11:44 a.m. on Thursday, December 28, Tofield RCMP received a report of a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Township Road 500 and Range Road 170, which is just east of Ryley. A 71-year-old male Flagstaff County resident was found deceased at the scene.
Of the occupants in the second vehicle, two 15-year-old youths were transported by ground ambulance and STARS to hospital with serious injuries.
A requested update from the Alberta RCMP Media Relations team included the following:
“Vehicle 1 was a pickup truck with two occupants. The driver was the deceased and one adult passenger. Vehicle 2 occupants were a 20-year-old female and two 15-year-old males. All occupants in this vehicle were from Holden. Two were taken by ground ambulance, one of them by STARS from the collision scene. Injuries ranged from serious to minor, and all were admitted to hospital for treatment. The status of the investigation is still ongoing. A RCMP collision analyst did attend.”
Another fatal accident occurred on Monday, January 1 at approximately 6:00 p.m. Tofield RCMP attended the scene on Highway 14 and Range Road 192. First responders found one deceased 34-year-old male resident of Tofield. A second male was located with life threatening injuries and was taken to an Edmonton area hospital by STARS air-ambulance.
It was determined that the collision between two vehicles occurred and then involved occupants got out of their vehicles and were struck by a passing motorist.
Kari Janzen
Staff Reporter
