Truck loses recliner on the Yellowhead, triggering serious collision, then flees: EPS

The Edmonton Police Service is looking for witnesses and much accusation successful a clang connected the westbound extremity Wednesday nighttime that sent a pistillate to infirmary successful life-threatening condition.

The collision happened astir 9 p.m. connected Yellowhead Trail, adjacent the Winterburn Road overpass connected the occidental outskirts of the city.

Police said it started erstwhile a recliner fell retired of the backmost of an older model, dark-coloured pickup motortruck travelling westbound connected Yellowhead Trail.

The pickup pulled implicit and stopped connected the southside of Yellowhead Trail.

Moments later, constabulary said a Toyota Corolla sedan, besides westbound, slowed and stopped to debar colliding with the recliner.

It was past deed from down by a reddish Chevy Avalanche motortruck that did not stop. Following that collision, constabulary said the archetypal dark-coloured motortruck fled the country without the couch.

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STARS Air Ambulance responded, treated and transported the 46-year-old pistillate driving the Corolla to infirmary with critical, life-threatening injuries, wherever she remains.

The 79-year-old antheral driving the Avalanche was taken to infirmary by EMS arsenic a precaution.

Police said the EPS Major Collision Investigations Section (MCIS) is looking for accusation astir the dark-coloured motortruck that fled.

Any witnesses oregon drivers with dash camera video of the collision are asked to delight interaction the constabulary astatine 780-423-4567 oregon #377 from a mobile phone.