2 dead, 3 hospitalized in serious collision on Highway 9

2 people died in a collision Sunday on Highway 9 when a GMC truck and Ford Escape collided. 3 others are hospitalized.

Two people are dead and three others hospitalized in serious condition following a collision in Rocky View County Sunday morning.

Airdrie Rural RCMP said that around 10:39 a.m., Strathmore and Airdrie RCMP were dispatched to a two-vehicles collision at the intersection of Highways 9 and 564.

Officers discovered a GMC truck pulling a trailer and a Ford Escape with four people inside had collided.

A woman who was a passenger in the Ford Escape was dead on scene. A second woman who was also a passenger in the Escape was transported to hospital, where she died.

A child was transported by STARS Air Ambulance to Alberta Children’s Hospital in critical condition, while a man who was in the Escape was transported to Calgary hospitals by ambulance in critical condition.

The driver of the pickup truck was also transported to hospital in serious condition.

Airdrie Rural RCMP said traffic is being diverted around the collision, forcing the closure of Highway 9 between Township Road 252 and 260.

Highway 564 is closed between Range Road 271 and 273.

Motorists are asked to avoid the area.

STARS Air Ambulance posted on social media that it was called to the area at 10:54 a.m.