Editor’s note: RCMP issued a correction saying the teenager airlifted to the hospital was a girl, not a boy.
RCMP said four people, including two teens, died after a head-on collision south of Edmonton on Saturday morning.The crash on Highway 2A happened just north of Ponoka near Township Road 434, just before 11 a.m.
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Mounties said a GMC Acadia was passing other vehicles when it struck an oncoming Volkswagen Tiguan.Police said a 41-year-old woman driving the Acadia died at the scene.A 26-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy inside the other SUV were also pronounced dead.
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A 14-year-old girl in the Tiguan was air lifted by STARS air ambulance to hospital, but died of her injuries. Story continues below advertisement
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All four were residents of Maskwacis, a First Nation community about 70 kilometres south of Edmonton.— With files from Karen Bartko, Global News
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