(PERTH, ON) – On August 15, 2014 at approximately 10:50 am the Lanark County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a motor vehicle collision on Riverside Drive in the Town of Perth.
A passenger vehicle was travelling on Riverside Road when it left the roadway and entered the Tay River. A Drummond / North Elmsley Tay Valley firefighter, an off duty Renfrew paramedic, and two members of the public assisted in removing the female driver from the vehicle which was submerged in the water. The 17 year old female was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Riverside Drive is expected to be closed for several hours while police continue the investigation. OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators are at the scene. There are no detours in place as Riverside Drive is a dead end road that runs off of Craig Street (County Road 43).