The 26-year-old driver succumbed to his injuries Sunday, while in hospital. The incident was deemed to be non-criminal in nature, the result of a medical incident.
Background:
The Edmonton Police Service is investigating a single-vehicle collision that sent the occupant to hospital with undisclosed injuries, after his vehicle came to rest in a drainage pond.
North Division Patrol members responded to a serious collision call at approximately 4 p.m. this afternoon, near the Anthony Henday and 97 Street. Upon arrival, members discovered a vehicle submerged in a drainage pond.
The investigation remains preliminary at this time, but it is believed the vehicle was eastbound on the Henday, when it lost control and travelled across the westbound lanes, before leaving the road and coming to rest in a drainage pond.
Members from Edmonton Fire Rescue and EPS were able to locate the occupant and pull him from the vehicle, before EMS transported the driver to hospital with unknown injuries.
The driver involved in a single-vehicle collision near the Anthony Henday and 97 Street on Thursday, July 22, 2013, has died.