1 dead, 2 injured in Memorial Drive crash

One woman is dead and two others are injured after a single-vehicle crash in the 500-block ofMemorial Drive N.W. on Saturday morning.

The car lost control and struck the centre median before hitting a tree.

According to first responders, "it was initially unclear" how many people were in the vehicle.

The driver, a man in his 30s, was taken to hospital withnon-life-threatening injuries, while the rear passenger, a woman in her 30s, required extrication from the car and wastaken to hospital in potentially life-threatening condition.

The third occupant, also a woman in her 30s, was seated in the front passenger seat and waspronounced dead at the scene.

Calgary police are investigating the cause of the accident.

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