Three people were killed and a fourth left clinging to life after a head-on crash Thursday night north of Edmonton.
Lac La Biche RCMP responded to a crash notification from a cellphone around 7:45 p.m., which led officers to a serious collision on Highway 55, between Range Road 161 and Range Road 162, in the County of Lac La Biche near the hamlet of Plamondon.
RCMP from Lac La Biche and Boyle and a collision reconstruction analyst responded, along with the Lac La Biche Fire Department and protective services, AHS EMS and STARS Air Ambulance.
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Crews arrived to find a head-on collision between a red Ford Escape SUV and a white Ford Super Duty pickup truck towing a travel trailer. Four adults were involved in the crash, RCMP said.
Emergency crews tried to save the lives of the man and woman in the Ford Escape, both residents of the nearby community of Plamondon, but they were declared dead on scene.
RCMP said life-saving measures were also attempted on the two people in the Ford truck.
A woman from High Prairie was declared dead on scene, while a man from Glendon was extracted with by the jaws of life and taken to the Lac La Biche Hospital before being airlifted to Edmonton by STARS in serious, life-threatening condition.
The highway was closed overnight while the scene was investigated and cleaned up. It reopened around 4 a.m. Friday.
RCMP said the investigation into what happened is still ongoing.
Lac La Biche RCMP are asking any drivers who were in the area and may have dash cam footage, or who witnessed the collision, to please contact them.
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