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Alberta woman dies in Kelowna hospital after being hit by boulder on Highway 1

FILE PHOTO - Laura Tennant
Image Credit: COCHRANE COUNTRY FUNERAL HOME

An Alberta woman has been identified as the person who died after she was hit by a boulder while driving along the Trans-Canada Highway earlier this month.

Laura Tennant died March 5, after a rock hit her jeep near Golden while she was driving along Highway 1. The RCMP said a person was transported to hospital with critical injuries March 4 and later confirmed the person died.

Tennant was air-lifted to Kelowna General Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. She was 38, according to her Cochrane Country Funeral Home obituary.

READ MORE: Alberta woman warns of rocks falling on Highway 1 after rock smashes windshield

She is survived by her wife Lisa Tennant and her two children, Matéo and Aviana.

Tennant was born and raised in Montreal and attended the University of Sherbrooke where she earned her degree in Kinesiology.

Over the years she lived in Winnipeg, Banff, Calgary and eventually Cochrane. She explored the world travelling to places such as Australia, Europe, United Kingdom, Asia and the United States, according to the obituary.

"Laura was an exceptional human being, respected and loved by everyone she knew. She was an avid outdoorswoman, a calming presence and always up for a laugh. She was a loving mother and Lisa’s soulmate," according to her obituary.


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