A North Dakota man was seriously injured Wednesday evening while unloading hay bales from his semi shortly after being involved in a two-vehicle accident, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police reported today.
At about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, the RCMP and local emergency workers were dispatched to the scene of a two-vehicle collision on Highway 3 two miles south of Carman, Manitoba.
A northbound semi trailer hauling hay bales was struck from behind by a Buick while it was turning off the highway, according to the RCMP. The semi driver, a 54-year-old man from Rock Lake, N.D., told authorities he felt something in the crash but assumed it was the bales shifting, so he continued to his destination a short distance down the road.
The Buick was seriously damaged in the accident and the driver, a 79-year-old man from the Winnipeg area, had to be removed from the vehicle by emergency workers. He was taken to a Winnipeg hospital and remains in critical condition.
While emergency personnel were working on the Buick, the North Dakota semi driver was unloading at his destination when a hay bale fell off the truck, landing on the man and causing serious but non-life threatening injuries.
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The truck driver called 911 and authorities responded to the scene.
The RCMP has not released the names of the drivers involved in the crash or the condition of the North Dakota man. The incident is still under investigation.
