CANMORE – There were no injuries after a single-vehicle collision knocked out power at the main intersection in Canmore.
Police said a Subaru Impreza was making a left-hand turn from Railway Avenue to Bow Valley Trail at about 3:45 p.m. when the vehicle collided with the electrical box on the corner near Blondies Café.
Cpl. Troy Savinkoff, an RCMP public information officer, said the driver of the vehicle was charged with turning left unsafely.
“There were no obvious signs of injuries and EMS attended the scene,” he said.
He noted police left the scene and Canmore’s municipal enforcement took over the area to assist with redirecting traffic as power to the lights at the intersection was knocked out.
Adam Loria, a public education officer with Alberta Healther Services EMS, said paramedics arrived at about 3:50 p.m. and there were no injuries on the area.
Multiple witnesses on scene told the Outlook the vehicle was turning left from Railway Avenue and went into oncoming traffic on Bow Valley Trail. Each of the witnesses said the vehicle avoided incoming traffic, driving through the crosswalk area of the traffic median and hitting the electrical control box.
Video footage from CanmoreAlberta.com.
At 5 p.m., two municipal enforcement officers were directing traffic in the area. By 7:30 p.m., Town of Canmore staff added stop signs and pylons for additional vehicle and pedestrian safety in all four directions.
By Saturday morning (Nov. 9), crews were on scene working to repair the intersection control box and Standish Towing and Recovery were on site assisting in directing traffic, with the stop signs and pylons having been removed from the road lanes. The lights began to work again in the early afternoon.
Workers from Fortis Alberta were also on scene, while Canmore Fire-Rescue and paramedics also attended the site.
Tanya Croft, manager of corporate communications for Fortis Alberta, said they were on-site but only to offer assistance since the intersection control box is owned by the municipality and not a Fortis Alberta system.
“There was no outage associated with [Fortis Alberta] on that accident. … Our crews will respond to ensure safety and if we can be of any help.”
The Outlook reached out to Canmore Fire-Rescue on its involvement in the collision.
Canmore Fire-Rescue chief Ted Ruiter referred the Outlook to the Town's communications department. As of Monday (Nov. 11), the Town’s communications department has not yet got back to the Outlook. The story will be updated when they do.
