Two men were taken to hospital with serious injuries early Friday morning after a head-on collision on Highway 7 near Okotoks, Alta.
RCMP and emergency crews were called to the scene between Southridge Drive and 32nd Street at 3:45 a.m.
Police said they had received a report of a collision between a delivery truck and a half-ton pickup truck.
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“The pickup truck became engulfed with flames and witnessing civilians rushed to pull the 27-year-old male driver from the vehicle,” the RCMP said in a statement.
Once the driver was pulled from the vehicle, police said he fled the scene on foot. Another person chased him while calling 911, RCMP said.
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The Mounties found the man near 32nd Street in Okotoks.
“The 24-year-old male driver of the delivery truck and driver of the pickup truck were both taken to hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries,” police said.
“There were no other occupants in either vehicle.”
Police said the investigation into the collision is ongoing, but noted that alcohol is believed to be a factor.
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