Pickup truck slams into fire hydrant, tree in Peterborough’s north end

One man was taken to hospital following a single vehicle collision in the north end of Peterborough on Wednesday afternoon.

Around 3 p.m., emergency crews were called to the area of Water Street and Hilliard Streets where they found a pickup truck which had veered off the road and struck a tree and fire hydrant and narrowly missing a storage building.

The condition of the man is not yet known.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation by Peterborough Police Service.

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