By Justin Goulet

65-year-old Lethbridge man dead following Highway 5 collision

Sep 15, 2021 | 3:04 PM

CARDSTON COUNTY, AB – A Lethbridge man is dead following a collision late Tuesday night.

At around 11:20 p.m. on September 14, the Raymond/Magrath RCMP responded to a report of a car traveling southbound in the northbound lane of Highway 5. Responding officers conducted a patrol on Highway 5 and found vehicles stopped at the curve in the highway roughly one kilometre south of the intersection of Highway 5 and Highway 52. The involved vehicle was in the west ditch.

The preliminary investigation indicated that the car was going south in the designated lane prior to leaving the roadway. However, it failed to negotiate the curve on the highway, according to RCMP.

The vehicle lost control and rolled in the west ditch of Highway 5.

Magrath Fire and EMS attended the scene and extricated the lone occupant of the vehicle in the ditch, a 65-year-old man from Lethbridge. He was declared deceased at the scene.

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The RCMP Collision Analyst attended the scene to assist with the investigation. The collision remains under investigation and the name of the victim will not be released. Mounties say no further updates are anticipated.