A Brighton driver is facing charges after a single-vehicle collision on County Road 2 west of Colborne on Sunday evening (April 14) that injured three passengers, including one who sustained life-threatening injuries.
At around 6:10 p.m., Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Northumberland Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Alnwick-Haldimand Fire Department responded to a report of a passenger vehicle that left the road between Townline Road and Herron Road in the Township of Alnwick-Haldimand.
One of the vehicle’s passengers suffered life-threatening injuries as a result and was subsequently airlifted from the scene by Ornge Air Ambulance to a Toronto hospital for emergency medical treatment.
Two other passengers were transported by ambulance to a local hospital, where one had minor injuries and the other was then transported to a Toronto hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
County Road 2 road was closed until around 2:45 a.m. on Monday while police investigated and documented the scene.
As a result of the investigation, the 46-year-old driver from Brighton was arrested and charged with operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs. The driver also received a 90-day administrative driver licence suspension and their vehicle was impounded for seven days.
