U-HAUL TRUCK HITS TREE, 3 MUSKOKA MEN TAKEN TO HOSPITALS

BRACEBRIDGE — Two Muskoka men were airlifted to Toronto with life-altering injuries this afternoon after truck hit a tree on Manitoba Street near High Falls Road.

A third local man remains in hospital.

Police are investigating the factors that influenced this collision including impaired driving.

They say that on Dec. 8, at 3:15 p.m., witnesses called in a 911 and emergency services  responded to the single vehicle collision. Witnesses reported that a U-Haul vehicle had left the road.

The driver and two passengers were transported to hospital, one of them extricated by the fire department.

The OPP Technical Collision Investigation team was on scene and Manitoba Street between High Falls road and Old Falkenburg road was closed for the investigation.

Police ask that if anyone has information about the accident to call Bracebridge OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. You can submit your information online at www.crimestopperssdm.com if you have any information on this crime or any other crime.

Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to call display and you will remain anonymous. Being anonymous, you will not testify in court and your information may lead to a cash reward of up to $2,000

A U-Haul towing a trailer left the road this afternoon, hitting a tree and leaving three Muskoka men in hospital, one who had to be cut out of the vehicle by Bracebridge firefighters.