Driver airlifted after cement truck crash

The driver of a cement truck was airlifted to hospital following a single-vehicle accident near Moorefield on Nov. 8.

Wellington County OPP, along with Mapleton Fire and Rescue and Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Services, responded to a serious single motor vehicle accident involving a cement truck on Wellington Road 10, south of Moorefield at around 9:30am.

The vehicle was travelling north on Wellington Road 10 when it left the roadway and went through a guard rail and down an embankment. The male driver suffered serious injuries and was transported by air ambulance to Victoria Hospital in London.

Wellington Road 10 between Concession 5 and Selinger Road was closed for hours for road repairs and “large payload removal,” police stated.

The investigation is ongoing.

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