A Drumheller woman is dead and a Hanna woman was airlifted to Calgary with life threatening injuries following a single motor vehicle rollover on Highway 544 east of Patricia
At roughly 3:38 a.m. on Tuesday, August 13, Brooks RCMP and the Patricia Fire Department were dispatched to the rollover. Two occupants of the vehicle were found to have been ejected during the rollover.
Initial investigation indicates the vehicle failed to negotiate a bend along the highway, resulting in the rollover. Brooks RCMP continue to investigate and are not ruling out alcohol as a factor in the rollover. No charges have been laid at this time.
A 19-year-old female from Drumheller was pronounced dead at the scene and a 20-year-old female from Hanna was airlifted to the Foothills Hospital in Calgary with life threatening injuries. The driver of the vehicle is unknown at this time.
The names of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin.
