Girls, 10, 3, sustain life-threatening injuries in Alberta OHV collision
AIRDRIE, Alta. – Two young girls are in hospital with life-threatening injuries after police said an all-terrain vehicle they were riding collided with a pickup truck in southern Alberta.
RCMP in Airdrie, Alta., say a 10-year-old and a three-year-old were riding the OHV on Saturday near the community of Linden when the crash occurred.
They say both girls were taken to hospital and are in serious, life-threatening condition, while the pickup driver was not injured.
Police say that while the investigation is still in its early stages, it is believed the OHV was driving onto a grid road from a rural driveway when it was struck by the passing pickup truck.
RCMP spokesman Cpl. Troy Savinkoff says the girls were the only two people in the vehicle at the time, but he couldn’t say if they were under adult supervision.
Alberta’s Traffic Safety Act, Off-Highway Vehicle Regulation prohibits a person under the age of 14 from driving an off-road vehicle on a highway, and also states that anyone under the age of 14 riding an OHV on public property must be supervised. of an adult who also drives on the road. OHV or is in a vehicle traveling nearby.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on June 18, 2023.
