Okotoks RCMP have released a correction to their statement regarding the accident Wednesday afternoon on Dunbow Road.

Okotoks RCMP are reporting that their original statement was incorrect. One man was found at the scene in critical condition and transported by ambulance to a Calgary hospital.  

In a release Wednesday afternoon Okotoks RCMP says at around 2:55 p.m. the car drove into the median on the bridge which caused the vehicle to be launched into the river below.

Traffic on both southbound and northbound Deerfoot Trail was down to one lane while emergency crews dealt with the accident.

The latest update by the hospital to the RCMP is that the man who was the lone occupant of the vehicle remains in critical condition.