NEWS RELEASE
SOUTH SIMCOE POLICE SERVICE
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Five people, including two children, were taken to hospital last night following a two-vehicle collision in the Town of Innisfil.
On Sunday, September 24, 2023, at approximately 5:30 p.m., the South Simcoe Police Service, Innisfil Fire and Rescue Service, and County of Simcoe Paramedic Services, responded to a two-vehicle collision in the area of 10 Sideroad and 6th Line.
A vehicle travelling westbound on the 6th Line failed to stop for a stop sign and collided with a vehicle travelling southbound on 10 Sideroad.
The westbound vehicle then struck a utility pole, trapping the four occupants. A man and woman, both aged 38, and two children, aged 5 and 8, all from Woodbridge, were freed by firefighters.
The man and 8-year-old child were transported to a local hospital where they were treated and released. The woman and 5-year-old child were airlifted by Ornge to a Toronto trauma centre where they are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The sole occupant of the southbound vehicle, a 60-year-old woman from Bradford, was taken to a local hospital where she was treated and released.
Roads were closed for close to nine hours while Traffic and Marine Unit officers completed a collision reconstruction and crews replaced the utility pole.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information or dash cam footage is asked to contact Constable Tiago Capeloa of the Traffic and Marine Unit at 705-436-2141, 905-773-775-3311, extension 2032, or [email protected], or Crime Stoppers.
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