1 person arrested in fatal hit-and-run crash
Police still seeking 2nd driver who fled scene
CBC News
Posted: Feb 20, 2013 7:53 AM MT
Last Updated: Feb 20, 2013 11:31 AM MT
Police have one person in custody in connection with a double hit-and-run crash in northwest Calgary on Wednesday morning.
A woman in her mid-50s was killed at Sandstone Drive and Berkshire Boulevard N.W. as she was walking in a crosswalk just before 7 a.m. MT.
Seconds after being hit by one car she was struck by another, police said.
Officials believe her body came to rest roughly 40 metres from the crosswalk.
Both vehicles left the scene.
At around 7:45 a.m., a man called police to turn to himself in. He was arrested and charges are pending, police said.
His red Ford Taurus station wagon was seized and is being examined by investigators.
Police are still looking for the second driver. That person is believed to have been driving a dark-coloured sedan that will have damage to the lower part of the front bumper, police said.
The victim has been identified and officials were in the process of notifying her family.
Anyone with information is being asked to call 403-266-1234.
Share Tools
Latest Calgary News Headlines
- Alberta's beef industry: 10 years after mad cow crisis
- Alberta's beef industry is still in decline, with Canadians eating less of the meat and fewer producers raising cattle 10 years after BSE, or mad cow disease, savaged the industry. more »
- Campers pack up after long weekend
- Victoria Day marks the end of the first major camping weekend of the season and campsites were busy despite a gloomy forecast for southern Alberta. more »
- Unlicensed teen ticketed for high-speed drive
- A teenage girl without a licence pulled over for speeding on a highway near Calgary is facing several charges. more »
- Harper's constituents react to chief of staff's resignation
- Residents of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's constituency of Calgary Southwest are weighing in on Nigel Wright's departure. more »
Must Watch
Top News Headlines
- Oklahoma tornado recovery work begins after dozens killed
- Rescue teams searched through the night in hopes of finding survivors after dozens of people were killed in a tornado16 kilometres south of Oklahoma City that flattened two elementary schools and many homes, but efforts have increasingly turned to recovery work.
more »
- Will alleged Rob Ford video overshadow Toronto casino debate?
- A debate about a proposed downtown casino is supposed to take centre stage at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday, but it seems a safe bet that a still-unseen video of Mayor Rob Ford will continue to be a topic of conversation. more »
- Harper to address Tory caucus amid Senate scandal
- Conservatives gathered Monday night to mourn the passing of a key architect in their rise to power — and to brace for the toughest test Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has faced since taking office on a promise to clean up politics in the national capital. more »
- Keith Boag: Have you heard about the murderous abortion doctor?
- The gruesome trial and murder conviction of Philadelphia abortion provider Dr. Kermit Gosnell is unlikely to change American abortion law, Keith Boag writes. But it has U.S. journalists questioning their priorities and how they cover such a sensitive issue. more »
- Fearful Oklahoma families search for children
- The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening intently as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off — survivors of Monday's deadly tornado. more »
- Unlicensed teen ticketed for high-speed drive
- Campers pack up after long weekend
- Harper's constituents react to chief of staff's resignation
- Lethbridge massage therapist charged with sexual assault
- Edmonton driver, 62, charged in boy's patio death
- Alberta's beef industry: 10 years after mad cow crisis
- Police nab Calgary motorcyclist at 180 km/h
- Six campers rescued after getting lost in Kananaskis Country
- Town's historians collecting graveyard stories

