ESPANOLA – On May 23, 2014 at approximately 6:40 a.m., officers from the Espanola Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a two vehicle collision on Highway 17, near Manninen Rd. Lorne Township.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a westbound passenger vehicle struck an eastbound tractor-trailer.
The 23 year old male driver, of the passenger vehicle, was air lifted to the hospital with serious injuries and is listed in critical but stable condition.
The 59 year old male driver, of the tractor trailer was also transported to hospital via ambulance where he was treated for minor injuries and later released.
The investigation is continuing with the assistance of an OPP Collision Reconstructionist and an OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigator who are on-scene at this time. The highway is open to intermittent traffic at this time.
