A female motorist is in hospital with life threatening injuries after a collision this morning at Wellington Road 86 at Wellington Road 10 in the Township of Mapleton.
Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded along with Mapleton and Perth Fire Services and Perth Paramedic Services to a crash between a minivan and a transport truck at approximately 7:20 a.m. Tuesday.
The driver of the minivan, a 66-year-old female of Moorefield was transported to a local hospital and later transferred to a London hospital with life-threatening injuries. The transport truck driver, a 65-year-old male of Woodstock was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The cause of the collision is currently being investigated by Wellington County OPP and OPP Technical Collision Investigators (TCI). The roadways were closed in all directions and have since re-opened with the exception of one lane.
The Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of the Environment were notified.
The Wellington County OPP is asking anyone that may have witnessed this collision to please call 1-888-310-1122.
With file from Ryan Drury.
