Wellington County OPP say one of their officers and two people are being credited with rescuing a man from a burning vehicle in Erin on Tuesday night.
The head-on crash happened at around 9:30 p.m. on Wellington Road 124 near Fifth Line where a westbound SUV and an eastbound sedan collided at a curve in the road.
Police said a passerby pulled a 74-year-old Erin man from the sedan before police arrived, but the driver of the SUV was trapped.
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“As the officer and two passersby attempted to pull the semiconscious man from the SUV it erupted into fire,” police said in a news release. “The man was narrowly pulled from the vehicle, suffering injuries including smoke inhalation.”
The 53-year-old man from Erin was transported to a trauma centre with serious injuries. The other driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
No one else was hurt in the crash or the rescue.
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The cause of the collision is currently being investigated and OPP are asking witnesses to call 1-888-310-1122.
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