One person suffered life-threatening injuries in a head-on collision on Highway 7 west of Norwood late Friday afternoon (June 14).
At around 4 p.m. on Friday, Peterborough County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and emergency crews responded to the scene of a serious collision between two passenger vehicles on Highway 7 between County Road 38 and Asphodel 4th Line.
According to police, an eastbound grey Kia crossed the centre line and collided head on with a westbound white Toyota. Both drivers had to be extricated from their vehicles by the fire department.
The driver of the Kia was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and was later transported to a trauma centre in Toronto. The driver of the Toyota was taken to to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries. A third vehicle suffered damage as a result of debris from the head-on collision, but the driver of that vehicle was uninjured.
Police closed Highway 7 for several hours on Friday while they investigated and documented the scene.
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or who has video or dashcam footage and has not yet spoken to police is asked to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
