Multiple people hurt in protest convoy crash in southern Alberta
Injuries in convoy crash
RCMP in southern Alberta say there were numerous injuries from a collision involving a farm tractor in a convoy on the Trans-Canada Highway.
Police say the tractor was moving slowly in a small convoy with at least one other pickup truck on Saturday afternoon west of Brooks, Alta., when a second truck struck the rear bumper of the first truck, pushing it off the road.
The second truck continued forward and struck the rear left tire of the farm tractor, shearing it completely off.
The 45-year-old driver of the second truck had to be extracted from the vehicle, and police say he was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A 27-year-old woman who was in the first truck also suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital, while the 38-year-old man who was driving the tractor sustained minor injuries.
Police say the crash shows how large, slow moving convoys can greatly reduce highway safety, and they ask that "everyone be lawful, respectful and patient when encountering slow-moving traffic."
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