One useless, 5 injured after road racing rollover in southeast Edmonton

A 21-year-old man is useless and 5 extra persons are in hospital after an early-morning rollover collision in southeast Edmonton Saturday that police say might have been attributable to road racing.

In a Saturday morning information launch, Edmonton police mentioned they acquired a report of a collision at 4:30 a.m. within the space of 17 Road and 34 Avenue. Upon arrival, officers situated a 2014 Cadillac Escalade in a close-by area totally engulfed in flames.

Police mentioned there have been six folks within the Escalade on the time of the collision, certainly one of whom, a 21-year-old man, was ejected from the car and declared useless on scene. 5 others had been handled by paramedics and brought to a close-by hospital, with two sustaining life-threatening accidents, police mentioned.

The EPS main collision investigations part has taken over the investigation. Police initially closed each the northbound and southbound lanes of 17 Road between Silverberry Highway and 34 Avenue however reopened them simply after midday Saturday.

Investigators consider the motive force of the Escalade was road racing with an unidentified car driving northbound on 17 Road and are asking anybody within the space who might have seen the second car, or the collision itself, to come back ahead and communicate with police.

Round 9:30 a.m., officers had been seen investigating the car in a area simply off 17 Road, selecting up particles and putting police markers. A tow truck arrived simply earlier than 10 a.m. to load up the burned-out car and take it away.

Anybody with dashcam footage from the world can be requested to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a cell phone. Nameless info may also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or on-line at www.p3tips.com/250.