DIDSBURY - Two Didsbury teens that died in a single-vehicle rollover south of Carstairs Wednesday appear to have been unrestrained in their seats, say police.
Neither the male or female appeared to have been wearing seatbelts at the time of Wednesday's crash, said RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff.
“By investigators at the scene it has been determined that they do not believe that they were wearing their seatbelts,” he said. “It’s super unfortunate that they weren’t wearing them.”
Drivers and passengers should wear seatbelts whenever travelling in motor vehicles, he said.
“What I see personally is that with a lot of these single vehicle rollover collisions, this is where seatbelts can be the most effective,” he said.
At about 5:08 p.m. on Wednesday, Didsbury RCMP received a report of a collision on Township Road 292 and Range Road 14 in Mountain View County.
“Upon arrival, emergency responders located two deceased people who have been identified as a 16-year-old male and a 14-year-old female, both residents of Didsbury,” said Savinkoff.
The deceased individuals were not related, he told the Albertan.
The vehicle involved was a pickup truck.
While the investigation into the crash continues, speed and alcohol have been ruled out as possible causes, he said.
“Road conditions were fine,” he said.
The investigation will involve several things, he said.
“It’s a single vehicle rollover, so typically we are going to look at the roadway itself and skid marks and so forth to try to determine a speed and what could have led to the rollover itself,” he said.
