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ASIRT seeks public help in fatal Woodbine hit-and-run crash

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is hoping someone saw something as they investigate an early morning fatal hit-and-run crash in southwest Calgary.

Police continue to search for 3rd suspect

A truck driving the wrong way on 37th Street near 130th Avenue S.W. smashed into another vehicle, killing the driver, on Feb. 18. (CBC)

TheAlberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is hoping someone saw something early Thursday morning in southwest Calgary after a chase involving aTsuut'inapolice vehicle ended with a separate head-on collision.

The crash resulted in one man's death and two related arrests, ASIRT said in a release.

An officer withTsuut'inapolice tried to stop a suspicious pickup truck driving at a fast rate of speed on the nation's land west of Calgaryat about 6:30 a.m. but the truck got away, travelling southbound in the northbound lanes of 37th Street.

Police believe the truck that crashed into a car in Woodbine had been stolen from Chestermere. (Google Maps)

The pickup truck and a smaller car collided head-on between 130th Avenue and 146th Avenue killing the driver of the car, a man in his 50s, EMS spokesperson Stuart Brideaux said in a release.

The occupants of the truckran from the scene, Calgary police said.

ASIRT is now investigating a fatal crash in southwest Calgary Thursday morning. (CBC)

Two suspects, a man and a woman, were arrested with help from the canine unit. Police are still trying to apprehend a third man. The woman was taken to Foothills hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, EMS said.

A Tsuut'ina police truck was towed from the crash scene.ASIRT is investigating how those officers were involved.

Calgary police say the pickuptruck involved in the collision had been stolenfrom Chestermere and might have been involved in an incident earlier this morning on the Tsuut'inareserve.

ASIRTis asking anyone who witnessed the crash to contact them at403-592-4306.