Emergency Services responds to single vehicle accident south of Pincher Creek

Toni Lucas, Pincher Creek Voice

Pincher Creek Emergency Services responded to a call west of the Waterton Shell plant at approximately 7:30 pm yesterday evening, December 4.

According to Emergency Services Chief Dave Cox four people were travelling in a truck that missed the bridge close to the Shell field office and came to rest near the creek.

Two ambulances and a rescue vehicle arrived on scene to find that two people had already left the vehicle.  The responders performed a  low angle rope rescue to extricate the remaining two people from the truck.

Some responders got  wet during the rescue process but were not significantly harmed.

The four people involved in the accident were assessed on scene and three were transported to hospital with minor injuries and symptoms of exposure to cold.