Friday, June 15, 2007

Water truck driver extricated from Foothills crash

KXLY.com:
Foothills truck crash
KXLY4 Staff
Emergency crews work to free the driver of a truck after his brakes failed and he crashed into a field off Foothills Drive.

SPOKANE -- The driver of a water truck was pinned inside the cab for more than an hour after he crashed off Foothills Drive late Friday morning.

The truck reportedly was traveling down Foothills at approximately 50 miles-an-hour when the driver lost his brakes and drove off the road straight into a field.

The driver's leg was pinned inside the cab and he had to be extricated by emergency crews.

The truck was carrying 2,400 gallons of magnesium chloride used for de-icing in the winter and to keep dust down on dirt roads during the summer months.

There's no word yet as to whether or not any of that chemical spilled in the crash."

Two people die in collisions on rural roads

Two people die in collisions on rural roads:

"Two people die in collisions on rural roads
UPDATED: 2007-06-15 01:59:15 MST


By NADIA MOHARIB, SUN MEDIA

Two people died yesterday in separate collisions on rural roads near the city.

Mounties say it appears both crashes were the result of drivers running stop signs.

Calgary paramedics and RCMP went to both crashes on Hwy. 9.

The first happened about 7 a.m. near Hwy. 566, killing the 44 year-old driver of a smaller vehicle in collision with a water truck. Cops say the truck ran a stop sign.

About four hours later, on Hwy. 9 at Hwy. 564, a 59-year-old woman was killed when she ran a stop sign and hit a cattle liner."