21-year-old woman dead after truck goes wrong way on Capilano Bridge: police

Police say a 21-year-old woman was killed and three others were injured, including two critically, when a pickup truck going the wrong way on a southeast Edmonton bridge crashed into another vehicle.

The Edmonton Police Service says speed and impairment were factors in the two-vehicle collision on the Capilano Bridge on Wayne Gretzky Drive Sunday around 3 a.m.

Investigators say a Dodge Ram was travelling northbound in the southbound lanes “at a high rate of speed.” They say the truck nearly collided with an EPS patrol vehicle that was going southbound before striking an Audi Q5 that was behind the cruiser.

The 21-year-old female passenger of the Audi was pronounced dead on the scene, according to police. The 31-year-old driver of the Audi was taken to hospital in critical condition.

The 23-year-old male driver of the Ram truck was hospitalized in critical condition. The 21-year-old female passenger of the truck was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

The EPS major collision investigations section is investigating.

The Capilano Bridge was fully closed to traffic in the hours after the collision. The northbound and southbound lanes reopened later Saturday morning.