A car slammed into a concrete barrier, slid along it for 50 metres, burst into flames and plummeted into a southwest Calgary community on Monday morning, killing the driver and injuring the passenger.
Police say the 1997 Chevrolet Lumina was travelling south on Crowchild Trail S.W. around 1:45 a.m. and the driver exited onto the ramp to eastbound Glenmore Trail.
The driver didn't make the turn and that's when the car crashed into the barrier and slid along it, elevated above Glenmore and the community of Lakeview.
According to the police news release, the car eventually went over the barrier, landed on a grass slope and slid while on fire into a tree. It was completely engulfed in flames.