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Two In Hospital

Olds RCMP respond to serious motor vehicle collision

Jul 26, 2022 | 2:34 PM

UPDATE:

(July 26, 2022, 4 pm) Olds RCMP are advising that Highway 587 between Range Road 11 and Range Road 12 is now passable in both directions.

Two people have been sent to hospital following a two-vehicle collision near Bowden on Tuesday.

On July 26, 2022 at 12:12 p.m., Olds RCMP, along with Emergency Services, responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 587 and Range Road 12 near Bowden, AB.

Mounties say the driver and lone occupant of a passenger vehicle was airlifted by STARS to an area hospital in critical condition. Meanwhile, the driver and lone occupant of a second passenger vehicle was transported by ground ambulance to a local hospital with minor injuries.

No further details are known at this time.

Police say Highway 587 between Range Road 11 and Range Road 12 remains impassable as the RCMP Collision Reconstructionist assists Olds RCMP with the investigation. Motorists are asked to seek alternate routes.

RCMP say an update will be provided once the roads become passable.