CREMONA, AB — Two people from Qualicum Beach have died following a motor vehicle collision in southern Alberta.
Didsbury RCMP responded around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3 to an intersection along Highway 22, approximately 50 kilometres northwest of Calgary, after a Toyota Corolla collided with a pickup truck.
First responders discovered two people inside the Corolla but were unable to revive them, and they were pronounced dead at the scene.
They have been identified as a 76-year-old male and a 75-year-old female, both living in Qualicum Beach; however, no names were given.
The driver of the other vehicle, a Ford F-350, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
RCMP remained on the scene for several hours conducting an investigation.
The cause of the collision is not yet known.
The crash took place around 50 kilometres northwest of Calgary along a rural Alberta highway. (Google Maps)— with files from Josh Hall, RDNewsNOW
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