Four people were killed in a car crash in Rocky View County Friday morning.
Strathmore Mounted Police and emergency services from Chestermere and Calgary were called to Highway 564 and Highway 9 around 10 a.m. Friday.
RCMP say a large truck towing a grain trailer and a small SUV collided at the intersection.
“Initial reports indicate a large tractor-trailer traveling south on Highway 9 ran through a stop sign and collided with an SUV attempting to turn northbound,” the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement.
“Both vehicles came to rest in the ditch on the southeast side of the intersection.”
Police say there were four occupants of the SUV: a 62-year-old woman from Calgary, a 38-year-old man from Calgary and a man and woman in their early 60s from the Philippines.
All were pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the lorry, a 68-year-old man, suffered minor injuries and was treated by paramedics at the scene.
Collision analysts were called to the scene and the investigation continues, but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police say traffic in the area had returned to normal as of 7:30 p.m.
Officials initially put the death toll at three but later revised it to four.
