SUV crashes head-on with semi near Airdrie

CTV Calgary: QEII reopened after head-on crash The QEII Highway was closed for four hours on Wednesday morning because of a serious crash. Kamil Karamali reports.

Airdrie RCMP are investigating a three vehicle crash on the QEII Highway on Wednesday where they say an SUV was heading northbound in the southbound lanes of the road.

Officials say the crash took place at about 2:43 a.m. just south of the Yankee Valley Boulevard exit.

An SUV, heading northbound, crashed head-on with a semi truck and that vehicle struck a second semi truck headed in the same direction.

The driver of the SUV, a man in his 20s, was taken to Foothills Hospital via ground ambulance while the two drivers of the trucks suffered minor injuries and were treated on scene.

Southbound traffic was detoured for about four hours after the crash, with the route reopening shortly after 7:30 a.m.

There is no information on how the driver came to be driving in the wrong lanes of the QEII.