Highway 791 north of Indus, Alta. was shut down for several hours on Monday after a crash involving a truck that was hauling chemicals.
Rocky View County Fire Services district chief Dax Huba said a truck lost control and went into the ditch.
EMS said a man in his early 60s had to be extricated from the wreckage and was taken to Foothills Hospital in Calgary with non-life-threatening injuries.
He was in stable condition, EMS said.
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RCMP said the truck was hauling a corrosive substance and a couple of barrels of the substance spilled. Officers said the spill was quickly cleaned up.
Hazmat crews were called in to help contain the spill.
Huba said the chemicals on board were “not immediately dangerous” and it was a “very minor spill.”
A spokesperson for the Alberta government said because no land or waterways were involved, they will not investigate the spill.
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The highway reopened shortly after 2 p.m. Monday.
Indus is about 36 kilometres east of Calgary.
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