Two people were transported to hospital after a vehicle crashed into the back of a construction truck on Highway 416 in Ottawa’s south end. Emergency crews responded to the crash on Highway 416 at Bankfield Road just before 9 a.m.
Tuesday. Ontario Provincial Police say a vehicle drove into the back of a crash truck in a construction zone. Ontario Provincial Police say the driver of the "at fault" vehicle was airlifted to the Ottawa Hospital Trauma Centre with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
Paramedics also transported the driver of the crash truck in stable condition. OPP say its the second collision in less than a week involving a crash truck being rear ended. "It should go without saying that drivers need to be more aware of what's going on around them," OPP said in a news release on X.
The vehicle driver was charged with careless driving and faces a fine of $490 and six demerit points upon conviction. The southbound lanes of Highway 416 is closed between Fallowfield Drive and Bankfield Road as the OPP investigates. Ottawa Top Stories BREAKING | Arrest made in fatal boat crash on Bobs Lake on Victoria Day weekend 1933–2024 | Former Ottawa-Carleton regional chair, first mayor of Nepean Andrew Haydon has died Woman charged in stabbing death of 50-year-old man in Vanier Poilievre says it would be 'not fair' for Liberals to replace Trudeau as leader Advocates calling for transparency, oversight amid investigation into eastern Ontario cat rescue Ogdensburg, N.
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