Morinville RCMP, along with the military police from the Edmonton Garrison and Emergency Medical Services, responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 28 in Sturgeon County on Monday evening.
At 6 p.m. on May 23, Morinville RCMP received a report that a northbound-travelling SUV made a U-turn and collided head on with a northbound-travelling motorcycle, RCMP said in a statement released shortly after 9 p.m. this evening.
The collision took place at the intersection of Highway 28 and Sturgeon Road, Township Road 544, according to RCMP.
As a result of the collision the one occupant of the motorcycle was transported by ambulance to an Edmonton-area hospital with life-threatening injuries. The driver of the SUV has been detained by police for further investigation, RCMP statement said.
At this time the RCMP remain at the scene, while traffic is being diverted east and west along Township Road 544, and south of the collision at the Anthony Henday.
RCMP collision reconstructionists are on scene. Preliminary investigation suggests that driving impairment may be a contributor this head-on collision, RCMP said in the statement.
No further information will be provided in relation the identities or injuries of the vehicle occupants/drivers as the investigation continues, RCMP said.
