Driver killed after vehicle collides with moose in Edmonton

EDMONTON A 52-year-old male driver is dead following an early Monday morning crash with a moose on the southeast leg of Anthony Henday Drive.

The collision, which occurred around 5:15 a.m., forced the closure of the westbound lanes for about two hours.

A 52-year-old female passenger was taken to hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. The man was pronounced dead on scene, Edmonton police said in a news release.

It is believed the car was travelling westbound on the Anthony Henday near 17 Street when it hit a moose, police said. Speed and alcohol aren’t considered factors in the collision.

This is the city ’s 14th traffic fatality of 2018.

Earlier this year a motorcyclist died after hitting a deer on the Anthony Henday Drive near Yellowhead Trail in northwest Edmonton. The 36-year-old male victim collided with the deer at about 1:30 a.m. on June 9. He later died in hospital.