One person is dead following a single vehicle rollover near on Highway 1 near Cochrane on Oct. 23.
Cochrane RCMP responded to a call at 6:30 p.m. about the rollover at the highway’s intersection with Range Road 33. Witnesses reported that a truck with a picker arm attached to it hit a bridge, flipped and then rolled onto the highway.
The truck, which had been travelling westbound, split into two pieces when the arm made contact with the bridge. Both westbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway were closed for about four hours while the incident was investigated and cleared.
The driver, a 45-year-old man from Calgary, was transported to hospital by STARS Air Ambulance with life-threatening injuries. He later died. Alcohol and speed were not a factor.
Sometime between midnight and 8 a.m. on the morning of Oct. 25, the Airdrie Rural RCMP responded to a complaint of a break and enter at Crossfield’s Side Street Café. Investigators believe that suspects smashed through the front glass windows to gain entry into the building. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken from the business, along with various food products. The Airdrie Rural RCMP and Calgary RCMP Forensic Identification Services continue to investigate this matter.
On Oct. 13, the Airdrie RCMP General Investigation Section concluded a joint investigation with Canada Post, into an allegation of mail theft. RCMP, in conjunction with postal inspectors, followed up on a tip from the public and determined that a mail carrier had failed to deliver multiple pieces of mail to Calgary residents.
John Edwin Keim, 40, of Airdrie, has been charged with 108 counts of theft of mail, one count of possession of stolen property and one count of a public servant refusing to deliver property.
Keim will appear in Airdrie Provincial Court on Nov. 10 to answer to these charges.
If you have information about any unsolved crime, contact your local RCMP detachment or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
