Photo: The Canadian Press The RCMP logo is seen outside the Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” headquarters in Surrey, BC, Friday, April 13, 2018. Two people were killed, including the driver of an ambulance, after a crash southwest of Edmonton. Two people have been killed, including a paramedic, after a crash southwest of Edmonton. RCMP say members responded to a report of a collision between an ambulance and an older Buick Skylark on Highway 39 just west of Thorsby early Saturday. Police say the driver and sole occupant of the Buick, a 27-year-old man from Edmonton, and the 51-year-old woman who was driving the ambulance, were both pronounced dead at the scene. A male passenger in the ambulance was seriously injured and taken to an Edmonton hospital. Police say there were no patients in the ambulance. They say investigators believe the car was westbound on the highway when it crossed the center line and collided with the eastbound ambulance, and that drugs or alcohol appear to have played a role. The Alberta Health Sciences Association, a union representing paramedics in the province, posted a message on Twitter Saturday from its president, Mike Parker, saying “A tragic incident has resulted in the death of one of our paramedics and the injury of a second member”. “It is with a heavy heart that I am reminded that with the strength of colleagues we must reach out to each other for support,” the tweet continued. “Stay safe everyone.”
