Man killed, child airlifted to hospital after head-on collision near Taber

By Medicine Hat News on February 21, 2019.

A man was killed and a child was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a head-on highway collision south of Taber on Wednesday morning.

Taber RCMP reported that the two-vehicle crash occurred on Highway 36, north of the intersection of Highway 61, in Warner County at about 9:30 a.m.

They stated a southbound truck and northbound van collided on a snow-covered and icy stretch of highway that was subject to blowing snow at the time.

The 39-year-old male driver of the van was pronounced dead at the scene while a 27-year-old female passenger and two children were sent to hospital. One of the children was sent via STARS air-ambulance to Calgary with life-threatening injuries.

The 60-year-old female driver of the truck suffered serious injuries and was airlifted by HALO air-ambulance to hospital.

RCMP reported that the highway had reopened for normal traffic at 3 p.m.

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