Two dead, three injured in crash northeast of Calgary

Two women are dead and three others, including a child, were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash northeast of Calgary on Sunday morning.

According to RCMP, the crash happened around 10:39 a.m. at the intersection of Highways 9 and 564, about 30 kilometres northeast of the city.

Police said the collision involved a GMC truck pulling a trailer and a Ford Escape carrying four people.

One woman in Ford Escape died at the scene and another later in hospital, while a man, a child airlifted by STARS, and the GMC truck driver were taken to hospital with serious to critical injuries.

RCMP said the investigation remains ongoing. The highway, which was closed for several hours following the crash, reopened Sunday evening.