A 69-year-old Drumheller woman is recovering after a collision with a farm tractor on Highway 56 last Thursday, Sept. 4.
Around 10:30 a.m., Stettler RCMP, EMS and Regional fire responded to a 911 call about 10 km south of Stettler on Highway 56.
There, investigators determined that the 69-year-old driver of an SUV was travelling north near Township Road 380 when she clipped the left rear wheel of a tractor.
The SUV spun around into the middle of the highway, then into the east ditch where it stopped.
According to RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Duncan Babchuk, good Samaritans stopped and helped the driver, who was having chest pains. EMS arrived and took the driver to Stettler Hospital, where it was confirmed she had been in medical distress prior to the collision.
The driver of the tractor, a 56-year-old man from Stettler County, had no injuries.
No other vehicles were involved and police will not be pressing charges.