2 dead, 3 seriously injured in Sunchild First Nation crash

Two people are dead and three more are in hospital following a two-vehicle collision on Sunchild First Nation. (FILE)

Two people are dead and three more are in hospital following a two-vehicle collision on Sunchild First Nation.

The crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

It happened on Townsite Core Road, about a kilometre east of School Road, on the central Alberta First Nation.

Mounties out of Rocky Mountain House say they found two people dead and two more seriously injured in one vehicle and another seriously injured person in a second vehicle.

Dead are a 66-year-old Sunchild First Nation woman and a 64-year-old Rocky Mountain House County woman.

The three injured people were taken to hospital—one by air.

There have not been any updates regarding their conditions.

In the aftermath of Wednesday’s fatal crash, RCMP investigators remained at the scene to figure out what exactly occurred.

Traffic was affected for several hours.

On Thursday, RCMP offered condolences to loved ones of the deceased.