Calgary man dead after snowplow rollover near Langdon
CBC News | Posted: January 1, 2017 6:48 PM | Last Updated: January 2, 2017
It's not known what led to the incident on Sunday morning
A Calgary man has died in hospital after a snowplow rollover on Highway 797 near Langdon early Sunday morning.
EMS from Calgary and Strathmore responded to the call around 7:50 a.m. and found the 55-year-old man trapped inside the vehicle, which had rolled into the ditch two kilometres south of Highway 1.
Fire crews arrived and removed the man from the vehicle but due to the weather, an air ambulance was unable to transport the injured driver.
The man was taken to Foothills hospital where he later died. It's not known what led to the rollover and RCMP are investigating.
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