1 man dead, 1 in custody after fatal head-on crash on Deerfoot Trail, alcohol a suspected factor
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All lanes of Deerfoot Trail have reopened following a fatal early morning crash between the 32nd Avenue and 16th Avenue N.E. overpasses.
All lanes of Deerfoot Trail have reopened following a fatal early morning crash between the 32nd Avenue and 16th Avenue N.E. overpasses.
Emergency crews were called to the scene at around 3:15 a.m. and found one of the drivers, a man in his 20s, dead on scene.
The other driver involved, also a man in his 20s, was taken into police custody and did not require treatment in hospital.
According to police, a pickup truck was travelling northbound in the southbound lanes of Deerfoot Trail when it collided with an oncoming car.
Investigators believe alcohol may have been a contributing factor to the fatal crash.
The northbound lanes reopened to traffic shortly before 7 a.m. The southbound lanes reopened just prior to 10:45 a.m.
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