At 6:03 p.m., on Aug. 19, 2021, Airdrie RCMP received a call of a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 575 and Range Road 264, located four miles west of Acme.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a side-by-side carrying two occupants was travelling southbound on Range Road 264 when it entered Highway 575 and struck an eastbound SUV.

A 14-year-old male occupant of the side-by-side suffered serious non-life threatening injuries and was transported by STARS to a Calgary hospital. The 9-year-old male occupant was declared deceased at the scene. Both are from the County of Rocky View.

The 29-year-old male driver of the SUV from the County of Kneehill was physically unharmed.

The Acme Fire Department, EMS and Kneehill County By-law also assisted at the scene.

The RCMP Collision Analyst attended to assist in the investigation,

The name of the deceased will not be released and the investigation into the collision continues. No further updates are anticipated.

There will be baseball action in the valley this weekend as the U11 Miners AA team is hosting the Tier 6 Provincial finals August 20-22.
Manager of the Miners Amy Hewitt says teams from Edmonton and Barrhead will join the Miners in the tournament.
The Miners, despite restrictions due to COVID-19, have been able to get some meaningful time on the field, and have already hosted two weekends of ball in the valley, and have extended their season into August.
“We have had a great year,” said Hewitt. “We hosted here last weekend and won two games and lost one.”
“The kids are loving it, the parents are too.”
The tournament begins Friday, August 20 at 3 p.m. at Newcastle Diamond 1. The Miners will take the field at 6 p.m. for their first game of the weekend. They are also slated to play on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. The final is slated for 10 a.m. on Sunday, depending on how round play shakes out.