(BlackburnNews.com file photo by Jason Viau)

(BlackburnNews.com file photo by Jason Viau)

Serious Injuries In ATV Crash

By Kirk Dickinson

June 23, 2016 - 4:08am

A man was airlifted to hospital in London Wednesday night with life-threatening injuries after an ATV crash in Dawn-Euphemia.

The Ontario Provincial Police say around 8:30pm, officers witnessed a motor vehicle traveling east at a high rate of speed on Bilton Line. Officers began paroling the area and discovered an ATV had rolled over into a south ditch, leaving the driver lying on the road.

Bilton Rd. between Annett Rd. and Kerry Rd. was closed for several hours.

Anyone who may have witnessed the collision is asked to contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122 or (519)-882-1011.

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