Vehicles collide head-on near Kalispell
<p><strong>Emergency crews</strong> respond to a head-on collision Monday afternoon on the U.S. 93 bypass.</p>
<p><strong>Firefighters lift </strong>the roof off a Subaru Outback station wagon so the injured driver can be removed. The Subaru collided head-on with a full-size Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck near the Ashley Creek bridge on U.S. 93 Alternate Route</p> <p> </p>
Emergency crews responded Monday afternoon to a head-on crash on U.S. 93 Alternate Route west of Kalispell.
The collision near the Ashley Creek bridge on the bypass involved a full-size Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck and a Subaru Outback station wagon.
Extensive extrication efforts — including cutting off the roof of the vehicle — were required before the badly injured driver of the Subaru could be freed and taken to the hospital.
The accident shut down traffic on the southern end of the bypass.