RCMP Briefs: Multi-vehicle collision closes section of TCH for several hours

By Medicine Hat News on November 19, 2024.

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A 12-vehicle collision near Gleichen closed westbound traffic on the Trans-Canada for several hours Monday afternoon.

Mounties from Brooks, Bassano and Gleichen responded to the site, east of Cluny, at about 10:30 a.m. as a snowfall warning was in effect.

Highway conditions reports stated the section was snow covered.

They advised at noon that cleaning up the scene could last two or three hours more.

Fatal weekend crash

Police say poor road conditions may have contributed to a highway collision that left one woman dead and seven other members of two families injured south of Brooks on Saturday morning.

RCMP from that city say they were called to the site of a crash between a pickup truck and SUV on Highway 36 near the intersection with Secondary Highway 542 at about 9 a.m. on Nov. 16

One passenger, a 51-year-old woman from Scandia, was declared deceased at the scene, while seven people were taken to hospital with “serious” but not life threatening injuries.

The highway was closed while analysis of the collision continued, and the investigation is ongoing.

Trans-Canada rollover

Two people were transported to Medicine Hat Regional Hospital on Nov. 14 after the vehicle they were travelling in rolled over on Highway 1 near Range Road 104, about five kilometres west of Suffield.

Officers believe the driver overcorrected the vehicle, leading to the accident.

Both the driver and passenger are in stable condition.

Church vandals caught

Brooks RCMP officers say three pre-teen children were responsible for vandalism at the Brooks Alliance Church in late September.

Police reported at that time that they found broken plates, food smashed, paint drawings and swear words on the walls, and paint smeared over furniture at the facility.

The children, aged 8, 10 and 10, are not being named and cannot be charged, but were involved in a “youth restorative justice” proceeding. That provided church members an opportunity to discuss the damage and impact with the children.

RCMP report they were remorseful.

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