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Lethbridge Police Service has provided an update on a collision that occurred on Mayor Magrath Drive South on October 5, 2022. (Photo: LNN)

Police release more details about a collision in South Lethbridge

Oct 6, 2022 | 1:35 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The Lethbridge Police Service Traffic Response Unit has released more information about a collision between two vehicles that occurred on October 5, 2022 at the intersection of Mayor Magrath Drive South and 26 Avenue South.

According to the Traffic Response Unit, a vehicle travelling southbound on Mayor Magrath Drive was turning east onto 26 Avenue when it was struck by a vehicle travelling northbound on Mayor Magrath, resulting in the southbound vehicle ending up in the ditch on the east side of Mayor Magrath Drive.

Police say the 89-year-old driver of the southbound vehicle was able to free himself from the vehicle, but the 49-year-old female passenger needed assistance from Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services. Both were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the northbound vehicle, a 49-year-old male, was not injured in the collision.