Driver of car flipped in downtown Calgary crash may have been drug-impaired, police say

One man is in hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after a collision in downtown Calgary that flipped one car onto its roof.

The collision happened at about 11:25a.m. at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and Second Street S.W.

A white Toyota RAV4was headed east when it sideswiped a vehicle leaving a parkade. It then accelerated into the rear of a Dodge Ram that was waiting at the intersection, flipping the RAV4onto its roof, Calgary police said in a release.

Three people were assessed at the scene by emergency medical crews.

The 30-year-old driver of the RAV4was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition, but his condition was later upgraded to stable, non-life-threatening, an official said.

Police said that evidence at the scene indicated the driver may have been impaired by drugs.

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