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A teenager is facing charges after a motorcycle crashed into a bus shelter in Edmonton on Tuesday night. Police say the collision resulted in a man’s death and seriously injured three other people, including a baby.
In a news release issued Wednesday, police said officers responded to a crash at a bus shelter in the area of 97th Street and 120th Avenue that occurred just before 9 p.m. on Tuesday.
According to police, a number of people were inside the bus shelter at the time, including a 21-year-old man who was taken to hospital by paramedics and later pronounced dead.
A 46-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries, and the woman’s 10-month-old son sustained potentially life-threatening injuries, police said.
Police said investigators believe a 2004 Yamaha YZF-R6 motorcycle and what they described as an “unknown BMW vehicle” were racing and headed north on 97th Street from 118th Avenue leading up to the crash.
Police said investigators believe at one point the motorcycle jumped the curb on the east side of 97th Street and continued on the sidewalk before hitting the bus shelter.
According to police, the 18-year-old man on the motorcycle sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital by paramedics. Police said he is facing charges of dangerous operation causing death and three counts of dangerous operation causing bodily harm.
The man has not been named because “the charges have not been sworn,” a police spokesperson told CBC News.
The Edmonton Police Service said its major collision investigations section is investigating what happened and is seeking witnesses or anyone with information on the BMW.
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