A man in his 40s was killed after stopping to help a stranded driver on a major roadway in Calgary’s northwest on the evening of Nov. 27.
The man was driving north on Crowchild Trail near Fifth Avenue NW at around 8 p.m. when he stopped to assist the driver of a broken-down vehicle in the right lane, Calgary police said in a Nov. 28 news release. As he exited his vehicle, the car unexpectedly rolled backward, fatally pinning him underneath.
