1 dead after fiery car crash west of Calgary

One person is dead after a single-vehicle collision just west of Calgaryon Thursday night.

EMS says the crash happened around 10:30 p.m. on Horizon View Road in the Springbankarea.

Two people were in the car at the time.

A boy in his mid-teens was thrown a distance from the vehicle and was taken to hospital.

The other person died in the vehicle, which caughtfire after the crash.

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