Calgary’s Deerfoot Trail was shut down near the city’s international airport Tuesday afternoon.
Calgary police told Global News northbound lanes of Deerfoot were shut down near Airport Trail following a collision just before 5 p.m.
Police said a truck ran into a vehicle that was parked at the side of the highway. The truck flipped as a result of the collision, police said, and the truck was carrying multiple people.
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One person was trapped in the truck and was extricated. That person was transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Northbound traffic appeared to be backed up past 16 Avenue N.E.
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