(Penhold Volunteer Fire Department)

By Sheldon Spackman

thursday morning

Single-vehicle crash at busy Penhold intersection

May 6, 2021 | 4:16 PM

Investigators are looking into the cause of a single-vehicle collision at Penhold’s busiest intersection Thursday morning.

Officials say a vehicle heading northbound on Highway 2A collided with a roadside guard rail near Highway 42 shortly after 9:00 a.m. Thursday.

“We arrived on scene shortly after 9:00 a.m. to find a single vehicle collision. The driver was with RCMP,” says Lt. Jamie Southwell from the Penhold Volunteer Fire Department, in a press release.

“There was a large amount of debris covering Highway 2A and Highway 42 in all directions of travel. There were no reported injuries, the vehicle came to a stop on the adjacent side of the highway and was stabilized by our firefighters.”

Officials say the highway was fully reopened about an hour later. Two fire units with eight fire fighters from Penhold Volunteer Fire Department responded to the collision, as well as three RCMP cruisers.

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