UPDATED: Multi vehicle collision south of Lethbridge sends 6 to hospital
LETHBRIDGE –– Five members of the Raymond High School football team, along with two others, were injured, after a serious accident Thursday evening near Magrath.
Lethbridge News NOW received a call about backed-up traffic on Highway-5 near the Highway-52 intersection around 5:45-pm. Witnesses reported at least three vehicles were involved with victims possibly trapped in the wreckage.
Details from Global TV Thursday evening indicate RCMP believe a truck collided with a second truck that was towing a trailer, causing it to unhitch. The trailer then struck a car.
In a news release Friday morning, Raymond RCMP say according to a preliminary investigation, a northbound white truck hauling a trailer on Highway 5 collided with a westbound truck on Highway 52. The collision also involved a southbound car with a female driver.