A man is dead after he drove the wrong way down Sarcee Trail Friday night and hit two other vehicles, Calgary police say.

Police say they're still investigating, but they believe speed and impairment may have been factors on the part of the wrong-way driver.

The incident happened around 9 p.m. MT, according to a police news release.

Police say a man in his 40s was driving a silver car north in the southbound lanes of Sarcee Trail, between Bow Trail and 17th Avenue S.W., near Calgary's Westgate neighbourhood.

The car first sideswiped a minivan driven by a man in his 60s, who had a teenaged passenger. Both of those passengers suffered minor injuries.

Shortly after that, the car hit an SUV head on. The SUV driver, a man in his 40s, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The driver w

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