DRIVER AIRLIFTED TO TORONTO AFTER TWO VEHICLES COLLIDE IN BRACEBRIDGE LAST EVENING

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com

BRACEBRIDGE — Hwy. 118 east was closed for several hours at suppertime last night after two vehicles collides leaving one person in hospital and another airlifted to Toronto with serious, life-altering injuries.

Police are investigating the collision that occurred on Highway 118 East in Bracebridge on January 24.

They say that on Wednesday January 24, at 5:15 p.m., OPP officers, along with Muskoka EMS and Bracebridge Fire, were dispatched to near Thompson Road.

The driver of one vehicle was extricated by Bracebridge Fire and taken to hospital, then further transferred to a Toronto hospital with serious, life-altering injuries. The driver of the second vehicle was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Highway 118 East was closed for several hours to allow the OPP Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (T.I.M.E.) Team to conduct their investigation.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call Bracebridge OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or you may submit your tips anonymously through Crime Stoppers at www.crimestopperssdm.com or by calling 1-800-222-8477(TIPS).

An accident between two vehicles just after 5:15 p.m. yesterday landed two people in hospital – one with life-threatening injuries.

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