County Road 2 crash injures 3, impaired driving charge laid: Northumberland OPP

A Sunday evening crash in Northumberland County that sent three people to hospital has led to an impaired driving arrest.

Northumberland OPP and other emergency crews around 6:10 p.m. responded to a reported single-vehicle crash along County Road 2 in Alnwick-Haldimand Township between the villages of Colborne and Grafton.

OPP say they located a car with three occupants in a field near Town Line Road.

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Police say one of the passengers was airlifted from the scene by an Ornge air ambulance to a Toronto hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Two other people were first transported by ambulance to a local hospital. One had minor injuries, however, the other was later transported to a Toronto hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police report.

County Road 2 was closed between Townline Road and Herron Road as OPP investigated. It reopened around 2:45 a.m. Monday.

OPP on Monday afternoon say their investigation led to the arrest of a 46-year-old from Brighton, Ont., who was charged with operation while impaired (alcohol and drugs).

The individual’s driver’s licence was also suspended for 90 days and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.