Airdrie RCMP has confirmed that a 30-year-old Airdrie woman who was airlifted to a Calgary hospital on Thursday night after a motor vehicle collision near Balzac has died.
Police said that a member of the Alberta RCMP Traffic (Airdrie section) was travelling northbound on the QEII, approximately 3 kilometres south of Airdrie when he was passed by a northbound motorcycle at a high rate of speed.
"The officer activated his emergency equipment and the motorcycle sped up. Within seconds, the motorcycle ran into the back of another vehicle and then drove into the center median, where it burst into flames," a police press release stated.
The woman was the passenger, while the other adult who was injured in the collision - the driver, a 41-year-old Airdrie resident, was taken to a Calgary hospital by ground ambulance and he remains in critical condition.
The investigation continues. No further information will be released at this time.
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