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Driver injured after gravel truck rolls into the ditch near Bethany

KAWARTHA LAKES-The driver was injured when a gravel truck rolled into the ditch on Porter Road this morning.

Police say just after 7:00 a.m. officers from the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP responded to a single vehicle collision on Porter Road that has necessitated the closure of that road between Lifford Road and Highway 7A.

On arrival at the scene, officers observed that a gravel truck had rolled over and come to rest in the ditch. The driver was extricated from the vehicle by Fire services and then transported to a local area hospital with minor injuries.

The road remains closed at this time and the investigation is on-going.

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Pamela Vanmeer
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Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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