Minivan and motorbike collide on Waterton Avenue

Chris Davis, Pincher Creek Voice

      Around 6 pm this evening, Monday, September 5, there was a collision between a minivan and a motorcycle on Waterton Avenue, at the Maple Street intersection, near the Esso gas station.  The motorcycle rider (a Pincher Creek resident) and a backseat occupant of the minivan were taken to Pincher Creek Hospital with undetermined injuries.  Both appeared to be conscious after the accident.
     Early indicators and eyewitness accounts suggest the van may have been travelling northward and the motorcycle southward on Waterton when one of them made an unexpected turn, resulting in the impact.
     Both vehicles sustained significant damage.
     EMS and the RCMP arrived on the scene in significant numbers to deal with the situation as quickly as possible.

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