KAWARTHA LAKES-Two people were injured in a crash involving a dump truck on Highway 36 on Friday afternoon according to police.
On Friday May 6, 2022, at 2:04pm Kawartha Lakes Police responded with, Kawartha Lakes Paramedics and Fire services to a collision involving two-vehicles on Highway 36 in Lindsay. Highway 36 was shutdown between Cheese Factory Road and Walsh Road for several hours while an investigation was conducted.
Police say a vehicle traveling northbound, crossed the centre line striking a southbound transport truck head on. A 67-year-old Lindsay man was extricated from his vehicle and transported to Ross Memorial Hospital before being airlifted to a Toronto hospital with serious injuries. A second male, was transported to Ross Memorial Hospital for treatment and released.
The road reopened just after 9:30pm.
The investigation into this incident is ongoing. If you have any information that you believe could assist police with the investigation into this collision, you are asked to contact the Kawartha Lakes Police Service at 705.324.5252.
