A 57-year-old man is safe after being rescued by emergency crews from an island on the North Saskatchewan River near Rocky Mountain House on Monday morning.
Rocky Mountain House RCMP said the man had driven onto the ice with his truck and was forced to take refuge on the island when the ice began to fracture.
Rocky Mountain House Search and Rescue and the RCMP got the man to shore and he was transported by helicopter to Rocky Mountain House. He was not injured, police said.
“The Rocky Mountain House RCMP are reminding citizens to stay off the ice and avoid open water areas,” police said in a news release.
Rocky Mountain House is about 84 kilometres from Red Deer, Alta.