Semi driver charged in southern Alberta highway crash

An RCMP cruiser. (Sean McClune/CTV News Edmonton)

A southern Alberta man has been charged after a crash between two semi-trucks near Brooks, Alta., on Thursday.

RCMP say the collision happened in the intersection of Highway 36 and Highway 1, west of Brooks, at 6 a.m.

Investigators allege the driver of a southbound semi failed to stop at a stop sign before entering the intersection, colliding with an eastbound semi.

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The driver of the eastbound semi was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the southbound semi, a 26-year-old Newell County resident, wasn’t injured.

He is charged with careless driving.

Traffic was diverted from the intersection for more than four hours.