‘Significant collision’ shuts down highway in Cochrane

A main intersection in Cochrane, Alta., reopened Tuesday night following a “significant vehicle collision” that closed the road all afternoon and into the evening.

RCMP said just before 1 p.m., it appears a dump truck lost control and struck another vehicle at the intersection of Highway 1A and Centre Avenue.

In a social media post, the Town of Cochrane called it a “significant vehicle collision.”

Police said there were serious injuries and emergency crews shut down the highway that runs through the town.

AHS EMS said two patients were transported to hospital in non-life-threatening condition: a man in his 40s and a woman in her 60s.

Traffic was being diverted around the scene of the collision.

RCMP reopened the road just after 8:00 p.m.

–More to come…