Woman dies after being run over at drive-thru in northwest Calgary

CBC News

· Posted: May 23, 2025 9:38 AM EDT | Last Updated: May 23

A pistillate was killed connected Thursday erstwhile she was struck by a conveyance aft falling into its way astatine a fast-food drive-thru successful northwest Calgary.

The incidental happened arsenic a 17-year-old antheral was driving an SUV done the Wendy's edifice drive-thru connected Brentwood Road northwest astatine astir 12:35 p.m., constabulary said successful a release. 

At the aforesaid time, it's believed a pistillate successful her 70s walked crossed the drive-thru lane and tripped, falling to the crushed successful the way of the SUV.

The operator had conscionable placed an bid astatine the talker erstwhile helium drove guardant dilatory and ran implicit the pedestrian, constabulary said. 

The operator pulled implicit astatine the adjacent state presumption and walked backmost to the collision scene. 

The pedestrian was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Excessive speed, intoxicant and drugs are not believed to beryllium factors successful the collision, constabulary said.