One person is dead after a collision between a pedestrian and a vehicle Thursday evening near the Peter Lougheed hospital in Calgary.
The crash happened about 7 p.m. at the intersection of 32 Street and 26 Avenue northeast.
Police said the victim was transported to hospital with serious injuries, but succumbed to their injuries a short time later.
The driver of the car remained at the scene.
The area was taped off by investigators and traffic was rerouted for several hours.
A fatal crash involving a pedestrian near Peter Lougheed hospital on Thursday was the second deadly crash on Calgary roads in just two days.
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The death is the second traffic fatality in Calgary in just two days.
On Wednesday, a 40-year-old man was killed when the GMC pickup truck he was driving collided with a semi truck at the intersection of Barlow Trail and 26 Street southeast.
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The driver of the semi was uninjured.
Police say excessive speed is being investigated as a possible factor in that crash.
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