Serious motor vehicle collision in Malahide
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Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers are currently investigating a serious motor vehicle collision which occurred on Sunday, June 1 at approximately 9:46 p.m. at the intersection of Imperial Road and Ron McNeil Line, Township of Malahide.
At the time of the collision a Ford pick-up truck was traveling south on Imperial Road when a Toyota car which was traveling west on Ron McNeil Line failed to stop for a stop sign at Ron McNeil and Imperial Road and was struck broad side by the pick-up truck. The car traveled into the southwest ditch while the pick-up spun and came to rest on the driver's side at the southwest corner of the intersection.
Occupants of the Toyota car were extricated from the vehicle by Malahide Fire Services. The driver of the Toyota car, a 20-year-old Niagara-on-the-Lake man, and a male seated in the front passenger seat were not injured in the collision. A 21-year-old Listowel man, who was seated in the backseat behind the driver, suffered life threatening injuries and was airlifted to hospital.
The driver of the pick-up truck, a 72-year-old Tillsonburg man, as well as an adult female passenger and a female youth passenger, were transported to hospital with minor injuries.