Brooks RCMP respond to fatal motor vehicle collision

Brooks RCMP are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash that left a woman dead and a child with serious injuries.

Along with police, emergency crews, including EMS, the Fire Department, and Peace Officers, were called to the incident south of Brooks at about 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, to the intersection of Highway 36 and Highway 539 after multiple reports of a collision.

Mounties said a damaged SUV was found in the west ditch, where a 35-year-old woman from Pincher Creek was declared dead at the scene, while a child with serious injuries was transported and later airlifted to a hospital.

The vehicle had been travelling northbound when it left the roadway, according to police, and crossed into the opposite ditch and rolled.