ABOVE WATCH: A teen was trapped in her truck Wednesday after it veered off the highway and rolled on its roof. Global’s Sarolta Saskiw reports.
LETHBRIDGE- A 16-year-old girl was pried from her car after it swerved and flipped into an Alberta pasture on Wednesday.
Fire officials said the girl was driving south on Highway 845 towards Lethbridge when her black truck swerved into a ditch. It then hit a fence, flipped over at least twice and landed on its roof in a farmer’s pasture.
When fire crews arrived on scene, they said the girl was in a “compromising” position, complaining of pain in her neck and legs. She was extricated with the Jaws of Life from her vehicle by emergency crews.
Lomond Fire Chief Bob Donnelly said the girl was “lucky to be alive” considering how the roof of the truck had been crushed.
STARS arrived and transported her by air to Foothills hospital in Calgary in serious but stable condition.
Her family told Global News on scene she was alert and talking before she was taken, but she was complaining about sharp neck pain.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
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