Calgary police are investigating both speed and alcohol as potential factors in a serious crash on southbound Deerfoot Trail on Monday.
It happened in the southeast near the turnoff for Anderson Road and Bow Bottom Trail at around 9:30 p.m.
In a news release, police said the driver was travelling in the exit lanes when he attempted to get back on the through lanes by crossing over a snow-covered divider.
“The Pontiac struck a sign on the median between the exit lanes and the through lanes and left the road to the right, travelling through the ditch. The Pontiac then struck the base of a lamp post causing severe damage to the front driver side of the vehicle.”
The driver, a 30-year-old man, was taken to the Foothills Medical Centre in life-threatening condition.
The collision caused the closure of southbound Deerfoot Trail at Glenmore Trail S.E.
It was reopened just after 3 a.m. on Tuesday.
Police are asking anyone with information about the collision to call the Calgary Police Service Traffic Section at 403-567-4000.
With files from Nathan Taylor
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