Semi driver injured in collision with train

LETHBRIDGE – The driver of a semi was injured when his truck and a train collided just east of Lethbridge Thursday, April 26.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Glenn Henry said it happened just before 10 a.m. The semi turned from Highway 3 westbound onto Range Road 211 and was struck by an eastbound train at the adjacent crossing. The tractor unit ended up in the St. Mary River Irrigation District canal next to the road, while the empty trailer wound up in the ditch on the other side of the rail line next to Highway 3.

Henry said the driver, a middle aged male from Calgary, was trapped inside the semi and had to be extricated by the Lethbridge Fire Department personnel.  He was taken to hospital in Lethbridge with non life-threatening injuries.