An accident that occurred last Thursday evening claimed the life of a young Calgary male driver and sent another Calgary youth to the hospital with serious, non-life threatening injuries. 

Cochrane Constable Kary Moore says they responded to the serious rollover at approximately 10:45 pm on October 18th on Horizon View Road in the Springbank area. "Upon police arrival, it was determined that the driver was deceased and the passenger was transported to a Calgary hospital. The driver was a seventeen-year-old male and the passenger was sixteen, we won't be releasing the names of either the driver or the passenger."

Constable Moore says Cochrane Area Victim Services, as well as some school resource officers in Calgary, are helping family and friends come to terms with the tragic situation. "They are assisting them through this very hard and trying time."

At this time the collision is still under investigation which in part was the reason for the delay in the release of information.

Constable Moore says at this time they have lots of different factors they are looking into such as speed, alcohol, seatbelts and where the two youths were going or leaving from. "All of those factors are part of the investigation so we will determine the closest we can get to what caused the collision because it is super tragic."