Emergency crews on scene of the collision (Danny Thiessen)

By Justin Goulet

Three in hospital following Highway 3 collision

Sep 13, 2020 | 11:17 AM

FORT MACLEOD, AB – Three people are in hospital following a collision on Highway 3 Saturday afternoon, September 12.

Fort Macleod RCMP say they received a report of a car travelling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Highway 3.

Responders received additional calls while en route that the eastbound vehicle had hit a westbound SUV, resulting in a head-on collision, west of the turnoff to Monarch.

The driver of the eastbound car, who was the lone occupant of the vehicle, was airlifted to a Calgary hospital by STARS Ambulance with serious injuries.

The current status of the driver was not made available by RCMP.

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The two occupants of the SUV were taken by ground ambulance to a hospital in Calgary with serious but non life-threatening injuries.

Traffic was rerouted for several hours while RCMP, Fire and EMS attended to the injured and began an investigation.

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A collision analyst also attended to conduct an examination of the scene. RCMP say the incident remains under investigation.