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Dos choques fatales, visita por seguridad del centro y viviendas vinculadas al tránsito — Edmonton, jueves

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🚑 Sucesos de última hora

  1. Motociclista de 69 años de Edmonton muere en choque en el condado de Parkland sobre la autopista 627. La Real Policía Montada de Canadá (RCMP) informó que los oficiales encontraron al conductor de Edmonton muerto en el lugar poco después de las 6 a.m. del jueves cerca del Range Road 273; el conductor de la camioneta pickup, un hombre de 82 años de Spruce Grove, no resultó herido y la policía cerró la carretera para reconstruir la colisión antes de reabrirla a primeras horas de la tarde del jueves.

  2. Mujer de 21 años muere tras volcamiento de vehículo en el condado de Strathcona. Los agentes respondieron alrededor de las 12:30 a.m. del jueves al cruce de Township Road 524 y Range Road 214, donde una SUV con cuatro ocupantes volcó en una zanja pantanosa; tres personas lograron salir, pero la conductora de 21 años quedó atrapada bajo el vehículo, fue trasladada de urgencia al hospital y luego fue declarada muerta.

🏛️ Gobierno y política

  1. La secretaria federal Ruby Sahota se reunió con el alcalde de Edmonton y grupos para abordar la seguridad del centro. Sahota habló en un evento de la Cámara de Comercio de Edmonton el jueves y mencionó preocupaciones similares en otros centros urbanos; el ministro de Justicia de Alberta, Mickey Amery, dijo que Alberta aportó observaciones sobre las nuevas reformas federales de fianza y penas y que el gobierno provincial está implementando esos requisitos.

  2. La Ciudad de Edmonton presentó el Infill Infrastructure Program (Programa de Infraestructura de Relleno) para impulsar viviendas orientadas al tránsito cerca de estaciones LRT. La administración expuso el programa en la Comisión de Planificación Urbana del martes para incentivar construcciones residenciales en áreas de crecimiento prioritarias y la presidenta de la comisión, Anne Stevenson, dijo que el objetivo es aumentar la cantidad de usuarios poniendo a más personas en trenes y autobuses ya existentes.

  3. Informe registra 48 lesiones graves o muertes de jóvenes por patinetas y bicicletas eléctricas en 2025, incluidas 10 fatalidades. La encuesta del Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program (Programa Canadiense de Vigilancia Pediátrica) mostró 48 casos graves reportados por pediatras el año pasado, con 26 hospitalizaciones de dos días, 12 ingresos a UCI y 10 muertes; las lesiones en la cabeza representaron el 47% de los casos graves.

  4. Conductora se declara culpable de manejar bajo los efectos causando dos muertes en choque de 2025 en Leduc County. En la corte de Leduc el jueves, Amy Patricia Krautt, de 39 años, se declaró culpable de dos cargos tras una colisión frontal del 2 de abril de 2025 cerca de la Highway 21 y Township Road 502 que causó la muerte de Kean Konchinew y Shirley Konchenew; una prueba forense determinó que la concentración de alcohol en sangre de Krautt estaba entre 329 y 381 mg por 100 mL.

📰 También hoy

  • Los incendios forestales del Okanagan afectan el turismo en pueblos de la Columbia Británica a cientos de kilómetros.
  • Concejal pide revisión integral del tiempo de los semáforos del Valley Line LRT.
  • Cementerio de un pueblo fantasma en las Montañas Rocosas recibe un nuevo teléfono fijo.
  • Guarderías reportan bebés y niños pequeños sofocados por el calor; reaparece el debate sobre aire acondicionado obligatorio.
  • Nueva guía advierte que más de dos bebidas alcohólicas por semana aumenta el riesgo, según estudio.
  • Pediatras reportan aumento exponencial de lesiones graves por patinetas eléctricas entre niños y adolescentes.
  • Los Tories Progresistas de Alberta nominan al primer candidato antes de una próxima elección complementaria.
  • Juez desestima el recurso de una Primera Nación contra el programa de limpieza de arenas bituminosas de Alberta por un tema de notificación legal.
  • Parks Canada reporta éxito en la recuperación de una especie de pez amenazada en Banff.
  • Mujer detrás de la petición para destituir al embajador de EE. UU. dice que la respuesta superó las expectativas.
  • Jefe del norte de Alberta expresa serias preocupaciones tras reunión comunitaria en Wonder Valley.

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