21-year-old killed in collision on Anthony Henday was stabbing suspect: RCMP
Posted November 14, 2023 12:19 pm.
Last Updated November 14, 2023 1:21 pm.
Alberta RCMP say the 21-year-old man who was killed when his vehicle left the road and collided with a pole on the Anthony Henday was the suspect in a stabbing earlier Tuesday.
The Edmonton Police Service says the collision happened around 8:45 a.m.
They say the man was driving south on the Anthony Henday near the 153 Avenue exit when his Ford Fusion left the road and crashed into the pole’s concrete base “at highway speed.”
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Strathcona County RCMP believe the man was the suspect in a stabbing at a home on Range Road 221 roughly three-and-a-half hours earlier.
RCMP say they received a report of a stabbing in Strathcona County around 5:15 a.m.
A 44-year-old woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Police say the suspect left before officers arrived.
RCMP later assisted EPS with the fatal single-vehicle collision on the Henday, which Mounties believe involved the stabbing suspect.
The investigations into the stabbing and collision are ongoing.
