{"id":97310,"date":"2025-08-26T02:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T02:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/97310\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T02:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T02:52:08","slug":"driver-dies-following-deerfoot-crash-involving-excessive-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/97310\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver dies following Deerfoot crash involving ‘excessive speed’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A driver has died of his injuries following a crash on Deerfoot Trail that Calgary police say was likely the result of excessive speed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Calgary police say the crash happened in the southbound lanes of Deerfoot near Seton Boulevard SE around 1:25 p.m. on Aug. 17.<\/p>\n

Police say a 2010 Cobra being driven by a man in his 50s started driving on the right-hand shoulder when the lanes of the highway reduced near the Seton overpass. The car hit a road construction sign, and then a cable fence, before driving up onto a grass median.<\/p>\n

The driver was ejected from the car. He was rushed to the hospital in life-threatening condition. A passenger in his 30s was also taken to the hospital with serious injuries.<\/p>\n

In an update on Monday, police say the driver died of his injuries in the hospital.<\/p>\n

Investigators said at the time that impairment was not a factor in the crash, but that excessive speed was being considered.<\/p>\n

Calgary police say 25 people have died in crashes on Calgary roads this year. In 2024, there were 29 fatal collisions in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether, law enforcement, community partners, and Calgarians can help ensure everyone returns home at the end of the day,\u201d says CPS Insp. Kurt Jacobs in a statement. \u201cSlowing down, watching for pedestrians, motorists, and cyclists, and driving according to the road and weather conditions, are all part of keeping people safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyone with more information on the crash is asked to call police at 403-266-1234 or submit tips to CrimeStoppers anonymously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A driver has died of his injuries following a crash on Deerfoot Trail that Calgary police say was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-97310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}