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.
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.