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Highway 5 closed near Lethbridge airport after collision Tuesday morning: RCMP

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Serious collision closes Highway 5 near Lethbridge airport
WATCH ABOVE: A serious two-vehicle head-on collision closed Highway 5 near the Lethbridge airport Tuesday – May 16, 2017

Highway 5 south of the Lethbridge airport remained closed Tuesday afternoon as RCMP continued to investigate a two-vehicle head-on collision.

In a news release, police said a northbound pickup truck and a southbound semi  hauling a tandem trailer collided on Highway 5 about six kilometres south of the Lethbridge airport Tuesday morning.

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Police said they believe the northbound truck was in the southbound lanes when the crash occurred.

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The driver of the pickup, a man in his mid-50s, was taken to the Chinook Regional Hospital in serious condition.

The driver of the semi was not injured in the collision.

As of 1:30 p.m., Highway 5, south of Highway 508, was still closed. The road was expected to reopen at around 4 p.m.

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