CBC cameraman in hospital after serious crash near Lac La Biche

A videographer withCBC/Radio-Canadahas been airliftedto Edmonton after a serious, single-vehicle collision near Lac La Biche, Alta.

RCMP responded to the crash scene on Highway 55 near Range Road 155around 5:25 a.m. MT Thursday.

The driverwas alone in theCBC vehicle at the time of the crash. He was taken by STARS air ambulance to a hospital in Edmonton.RCMPsay he is in critical condition.

CBC/Radio-Canada is in touch with the videographer's family members, who are en route to the hospital.

"We are aware of an incident in which a CBC/Radio-Canada employee was injured in a single-vehicle crash this morning near Lac La Biche, Alberta,"Emma Bdard of CBC'spublic affairs departmentsaid in a statement on Thursday.

"We don't have any more details to share at this point. Our thoughts are withour employee and his family."