Police investigate fatal crash just east of Calgary – Calgary

One person is dead following a single-vehicle crash that shut down a portion of a busy industrial area just east of Calgary early Wednesday morning.

First responders were called out to the 7000 block of 84 Street Southeast around 2:45 a.m. for reports of a collision. The vehicle ended up in a large ditch on the east side of the road.

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EMS confirms that one person was pronounced dead at the scene, adding that no one else was injured.

Because 84 Street marks the eastern Calgary city limits, RCMP also responded, along with the Calgary Police Service traffic reconstruction team.

For much of Wednesday morning, 84 Street was shut down between 74 Avenue and 61 Avenue Southeast as the investigation got underway.