(PARRY SOUND) – The West Parry Sound Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Carling Fire Department was dispatched to a reported two vehicle collision at approximately 5:37 a.m. on the 2nd of June 2014.
The OPP attended the scene just North of Site 9 Road, Highway 69 Archipelago Township. (Twp) and commenced an investigation into the collision.
The investigation revealed that a South bound pickup truck collided with a North bound tractor trailer. After the initial impact the South bound truck veered into a rock cut. The driver needed to be extricated from the vehicle by the Fire department and was flown to hospital by Air- Ambulance.
Highway 69 was closed for a short time in both directions and has now been re-opened. Motorists can expect delays in the Pointe Au Baril area until clean-up is completed. The OPP continue to investigate the cause of the collision.