Calgary Police Seek Trucker Involved In Fatal Accident

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CALGARY, Alta. –Calgary police have reached out to the trucking industry to help find a truck driver who was involved in a fatal collision June 18.

At about 2:50 a. m. June 18, an accident occurred at 52 St. and Glenmore Trail SE between a yellow 2005 Dodge Ram pick-up and a tractor-trailer. The pick-up driver was killed in the accident and the tractor-trailer driver left the scene. According to local media reports, it wasn’t clear if the tractor-trailer driver even knew his or her trailer had been hit.

Investigators are looking for the driver of the white Freightliner Columbia (see pictures).The tractor may have a decal on the door and the trailer is a white 53-footer with a reefer unit. The trailer has some damage to the passenger side tail light area and may have yellow paint transfer, according to investigators.

If you have any information, please contact Const. Matt Urquhart of the Collision Investigation and Reconstruction Unit at 403-567-4018. •

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