Teen extricated from car after head-on collision near Chestermere

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CALGARY — A teen girl was taken to Foothills Hospital in potentially life-threatening condition Monday morning after a head-on collision that involved a "complicated extrication" near Chestermere.

# b2 a, ?; I( m6 d/ L1 FAt around 8:30 a.m., RCMP, Chestermere fire crews and Calgary EMS personnel were called to Highway 791 just east of Calgary after a pick-up truck and smaller car crashed head-on, said EMS spokesman Stuart Brideaux.

  g3 B& L+ n5 y+ f+ }. m0 I" GThe female driver in her mid-teens, who was the lone occupant of the small car, sustained serious and potentially life-threatening injuries and needed to be extricated from the vehicle by fire crews.

6 C7 Z6 S. b% l3 @8 qSTARS Air Ambulance was called to take the girl to the Foothills Hospital.

5 G) g$ N  J9 H2 ?% n3 t" m0 nThe male driver and lone occupant of the truck was not injured and did not need to be taken to hospital.