Two people were airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after two separate vehicle collisions at opposite ends of Wellington County last Friday.
MINTO – On Feb. 26 at about 8:50am emergency crews responded to a serious collision involving a transport truck that sideswiped a Subaru at the intersection of Wellington Road 87 and School Road 7, west of Harriston.
Police say a 38-year-old woman from Hanover, the lone occupant of the car, was taken to a local hospital and later airlifted to a London hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the transport truck and was not injured.
The cause of the collision was being investigated by Wellington County OPP.
Police asked anyone that may have witnessed the collision to call 1-888-310-1122.
CENTRE WELLINGTON – On Feb. 26 at about 2pm, emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 6 just north of the Fourth Line here.
Three people were taken to a local hospital, with one later taken to a Hamilton hospital by air ambulance.
On March 1, four days after the crash, Dave Townsend, 66, of Centre Wellington, was charged with careless driving in connection with the crash.
