A 30-year-old woman is being treated for serious injuries in a Toronto hospital after she was struck by a dump truck north of Colborne on Wednesday afternoon (March 10) while walking with her two young children — a four year old and a six month old.
At around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the woman and her two children were crossing the intersection of Orchard Road and Percy Street south of Highway 401 at the traffic lights. As they walked southbound across Orchard Road, a northbound dump truck turning west onto Orchard Road struck the woman.
The woman was transported by paramedics to a nearby hospital and subsequently airlifted to a trauma centre in Toronto to receive treatment for serious injuries.
The woman’s two children were also taken to hospital as a precaution, where the infant received treatment for minimal injuries.
The intersection of Orchard Road and Percy Street was closed for several hours on Wednesday while OPP members trained in collision reconstruction measured and documented the scene.
The Northumberland OPP are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding this collision.
