Highway 24 in Brant County was closed early Tuesday morning after a collision involving a dump truck and a car sent an elderly woman to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
OPP said the highway will remain closed between Glen Morris Road and Howell Road for several hours as the investigation continues.
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Police said the car was travelling south near McLean School Road when it entered the northbound lanes and collided with the dump truck headed in the opposite direction in a construction zone at around 6:35 a.m.
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Const. Ed Sanchuk said the woman was intially taken to a local hospital before being transported to a Hamilton hospital.