Two men were rushed to hospital after a car slammed into a street light pole in Peterborough’s north end on Wednesday afternoon.
Emergency crews were called to the scene on Milroy Drive near Tower Hill Road around 5 p.m. after a car struck a cement pole.
Firefighters worked for 20 minutes to extricate the driver from the wreckage. The other man was removed from the passenger side of the car.
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Fire officials on scene tell CHEX News both men are in their 20s.
On Thursday, Peterborough Police Service said the driver was airlifted to a Toronto-area hospital while the passenger remains at Peterborough Regional Health Centre.
Police continue to investigate and are appealing to witnesses to contact traffic Const. Jeff Plumbe at 705-876-1122 ext. 289.