1 dead after vehicle drives off embankment into Old Man River

Lethbridge police are investigating a fatal collision after a vehicle plunged into the Old Man River on Wednesday. Just before 8 p.m., police received a report of a vehicle in the Old Man River north of the Highway 3 overpass near the Tollestrup Construction gravel yard. Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services Dive Team members confirmed there was a body inside the submerged vehicle. After a review of CCTV footage, police say a 27-year-old man drove the vehicle off the embankment after losing con