photo The Drumheller Mail.
Drumheller RCMP have laid a charge of careless driving after Tuesday night’s accident on the highway about 4 kilometres out of Drumheller.
At around 6:15 p.m. October 14th, Drumheller’s Emergency Services responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 9 between Drumheller and Munson.
RCMP charged the driver of a Ford Focus car after the car’s driver had pulled off the road and was turning to head back onto the highway.
photo courtesy Drumheller RCMP.
RCMP said the driver failed to notice an oncoming Dodge Ram pick-up and turned into the path of the truck, causing the collision.
The collision sent both vehicles off the road, where witnesses and passers-by stopped to help those in the accident, police said, including breaking through the windshield to aid the driver of the truck.
RCMP report the driver of the truck was uninjured, however the driver and the passenger of the car suffered non-life threatening injuries and were taken by EMS to the Drumheller Health Centre.
The pick-up was pulling a trailer full of cattle, and police report the cattle appeared uninjured by the accident.
