A tragic motor vehicle collision on Highway 55 near Lac La Biche on the evening of January 23 claimed the lives of three people and left a fourth with life-threatening injuries.
The collision occurred around 7:45 p.m. when Lac La Biche RCMP responded “to a crash notification from a cellphone” on Highway 55, between Range Road 161 and Range Road 162 in Lac La Biche County according to a January 24 Alberta RCMP press release.
RCMP arrived to find a head-on collision involving a Ford Escape and a white Ford Super Duty towing a travel trailer.
Emergency responders, including the Lac La Biche RCMP and Fire Department, Protective Services, Boyle RCMP, AHS Emergency Medical Services, STARS Ambulance, and an RCMP Collision Reconstruction Analyst, attended the scene.
The occupants of the Ford Escape, a man and woman from Plamondon, were pronounced dead at the scene despite life-saving efforts were unsuccessful.
“Life-saving measures were also attempted on the two occupants from the Ford Super Duty and one female, a resident of High Prairie, Alta, was declared deceased on scene.”
A man, from the Ford Super Duty, was extracted using the jaws of life and transported to the Lac La Biche Hospital before being airlifted to Edmonton by STARS Ambulance with life-threatening injuries.
Around 4 a.m. on January 24, Highway 55 was cleared for regular traffic.
Investigation is still ongoing with the assistance of the Alberta RCMP’s Collision Reconstruction Analyst.
RCMP are asking for public assistance, “If you have dash cam footage or witnesses the collision, please contact Lac La Biche RCMP.” No further updates are expected at this time.
