Two-vehicle collision on highway in east-central Alberta leaves five dead
AMISK, Alta. — People in a tiny east-central Alberta village are grieving after five people from the community, including two children, were killed in a traffic collision.
RCMP say the crash near Amisk occurred Monday night when the driver and only occupant of a sport-utility vehicle crossed the centre line and hit a car with a family of four inside.
Amisk Mayor Bill Rock said the dead included his friend Tim Carson, Carson’s wife, Michelle, and their two children, a 12-year-old girl and a nine-year-old boy.
“Tim Carson grew up here all of his life. I have known him for over 20 years. He was the DJ at my wedding,” Rock said Tuesday.