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Woman suffers critical injuries in collision in Northumberland County: OPP

Northumberland OPP continue to investigate a head-on collision on County Road 45 on Saturday. Nick Westoll / File / Global News

A woman was airlifted to a Toronto-area trauma centre following a head-on collision in Alnwick-Haldimand Township on Saturday evening.

Northumberland OPP say a car and an SUV collided head-on County Road 45 north of Roseneath Landing Road around 5:45 p.m., just south of Alderville First Nation.

Both drivers were first taken to Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg with injuries. The driver of the car was subsequently airlifted to a Toronto-area trauma centre with critical injuries, police said.

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County Road 45 was closed for several hours while OPP investigated.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation. OPP said weather and road conditions “may have been” contributing factors.

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