Members of the Peterborough County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and emergency crews responded to the scene of a serious single-vehicle motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 28 on Thursday night.
Just prior to 8:30pm on December 12, 2024, Peterborough County OPP were dispatched to a serious single-vehicle collision on Highway 28 just north of County Road 33 in Douro-Dummer Township. The call was a result of a ‘crash detection’ function on the driver’s cell phone.
Officers and emergency crews attended the scene and found a pickup truck on its side in the ditch, pinned up against a tree. The vehicle appeared to have been travelling northbound when it left the roadway. Highway 28 was closed between Centre Road and County Road 33. Fire crews worked on extricating the lone occupant of the vehicle.
Once removed from the vehicle, the driver, a 17-year-old male from Selwyn, was transported to a local hospital but was later transported by ORNGE Air to a Toronto trauma centre due to the extent of their injuries.
Roads remained closed for several hours while emergency crews dealt with the collision and police members trained in collision reconstruction, measured and documented the scene. The highway has since been re-opened.
Anyone who may have witnessed or has video/dash camera footage of the collision and has not spoken with police is asked to contact the Peterborough County OPP Detachment at 1-888-310-1122.
Author: Pete Fisher
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