Two dead in separate crashes on roads outside Calgary.

Date: 05/01/2012
Time: Around 04:00 P.M.
Location: Calgary, Canada
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota Corolla, Ford Econoline

 *Pictures are of only one of the crashes mentioned in the article.*

By Clara Ho and Deborah Tetley, Calgary Herald

"CALGARY - A young boy was killed in a two-vehicle crash and a man from Calgary is dead following a fiery wreck after two separate collisions outside city limits Tuesday afternoon.
The collision east of Calgary that killed the boy and sent two young children to hospital with critical injuries was a “tough scene” to witness, emergency responders said.
Belongings, a child’s car seat and vehicle debris were strewn across the Trans-Canada Highway. A girl was ejected from the vehicle.
All three children are between five and eight years old.
Four people in total sustained “massive, traumatic injuries,” according to EMS.
Paramedics arrived at Highway 1 and Paradise Road east of Calgary shortly after 4 p.m. following reports of a crash between a small four-door car carrying two women and three children and a utility van driven by a lone male, said an EMS spokesman, Adam Loria.
RCMP say the van was heading east on Highway 1 and the car northbound on Paradise Road when it entered the intersection and was struck.
The boy was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, Loria said.
A girl, who was ejected from a rear seat, was flown by STARS air ambulance to Alberta Children’s Hospital in critical condition.
Another boy, who was also in critical condition, and the two women who sustained serious and potentially life-threatening injuries, were taken to hospitals in Calgary by ground ambulances.
Loria said he didn’t have details on the ages of the injured women or whether the five occupants were related.
The driver of the van was not hurt but shaken up and assessed by paramedics at the scene.
Eastbound Highway 1 heading was closed, and reduced to one lane westbound for several hours following the collision so RCMP could investigate.
Loria said EMS will determine whether attending crews need debriefing or time off to cope after responding to the scene.
“We do have young ones at home or families of our own,” he said.
Airdrie RCMP and EMS were also busy responding to a fatal crash northwest of Calgary, which closed Highway 567, one kilometre west of Symons Valley Road.
RCMP say just after 3:30 p.m., an eastbound car veered into the westbound lanes along Highway 567, colliding head on with a westbound semi truck.
The driver, a 50-year-old man from Calgary, was pronounced dead at the scene, said Sgt. Patricia Neely.
“The car broke out in flames shortly after the collision, burning the car,” she said.
The driver of the semi was not injured."

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