Head-on crash in Mission sends 4 to hospital, 63-year-old woman in critical condition
MISSION — Mounties in Mission have confirmed four people were taken to hospital Sunday morning after a head-on crash on Highway 7 in Mission, including a 63-year-old Mission woman in critical condition.
According to a statement from Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr, first responders were called for the report of a collision shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 11, after two vehicles collided on Lougheed Highway east of 287 Street. Police say a grey 2024 Mazda SUV had been driving eastbound on the highway along the Stave River Bridge, when a westbound vehicle – a red 2002 Ford Focus hatchback – reportedly lost control and entered the oncoming lanes, striking the grey Mazda head-on.
The driver and passenger of the Mazda, and the driver of the Ford, were all transported hospital with various injuries. The passenger of the Ford – a 63-year-old woman from Mission – was taken to hospital in critical condition.
Mission RCMP’s Traffic Services Unit and the Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service attended to investigate the crash, and the eastbound lanes of Lougheed Highway were closed throughout most of the day, but have since reopened.
