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Driver charged following collision near Rosemary

Mar 8, 2018 | 3:27 PM

BASSANO, AB — RCMP in Bassano have charged a driver following a serious collision involving a van and a commercial trucknear Rosemary Thursday morning.

According to RCMP, officers, along with the Rosemary Fire Department and EMS, responded to a collision on Highway 550, approximately 3 kilometres west of Rosemary.

A Dodge Caravan travelling west collided with the rear end of a commercial truck that had broken down and was left parked and unattended on the shoulder of the highway and partially in the west lane. Ice fog at the time of the collision created near zero visibility.

The driver and lone occupant of the minivan, a 59-year-old resident of Bassano, was taken to Brooks hospital in stable condition.