(PERTH COUNTY, ON) – On February 4, 2023, at approximately 5:13 p.m., the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious motor vehicle collision involving two vehicles. It was reported that a minivan with eight occupants and a pick-up truck with one occupant had collided on Perth Line 86, Perth County. The Perth County OPP, Huron County Ambulance and local fire departments attended the scene.
As a result of the collision, the lone occupant of the pick-up truck was air-lifted to a London area hospital with possible life-threatening injuries, six occupants from the minivan were transported to local hospitals via EMS with minor injuries and the driver and one occupant from the minivan were transported to a local hospital via EMS, then air-lifted to a London area hospital with serious injuries.
Perth Line 86 was closed between Perth Road 178 and Molesworth Line for several hours to investigate the collision with the assistance of the West Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement Team (TIME). It has since re-opened for traffic.
The investigation is continuing.
Anyone with information regarding this or any incident is asked to call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or online at www.opp.ca/reporting. Should you wish to remain anonymous you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or leave an anonymous online message at www.P3tips.com where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.
