Elderly man dies in hospital after pickup truck flips in NE
Posted Dec 27, 2014 11:51 am.
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An elderly man has died in hospital after he and a woman were seriously injured when the truck they were riding in flipped in the northeast Saturday morning
Emergency crews were called to 16th Avenue and 68th Street at around 9:30 a.m.
Paramedics said when they arrived, the driver, a 53-year-old man, was able to crawl out of the truck on his own.
firefighters extricated the elderly woman and man who were pinned in the upside down vehicle.
EMS spokesperson Stuart Brideaux said the 77-year-old woman in the passenger seat was badly hurt, but is expected to survive.
An 88-year-old man, who was sitting in the back of the cab was taken to hospital in serious, life-threatening condition.
An update from the Calgary Police Service Traffic Unit Saturday afternoon revealed the elderly man had succumbed to his injuries.
Investigation shows the truck was crossing the centre lane of 16 Avenue northeast at the 68th Street intersection when it lost control and rotated until it flipped over a cable barrier.
Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in this collision but speed is being investigated as a factor at this time.
