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5 injured — 1 seriously — in collision on Highway 62 near Bancroft: OPP

OPP say five people were injured in the collision. One passenger was airlifted to a Kingston-area hospital with serious injuries. Global News file

Five people were injured — one seriously — following a two-vehicle collision in the Bancroft area on Sunday.

Bancroft OPP say around 1:30 p.m., officers, the Bancroft Fire Department and Hastings County Paramedics responded to the collision on Highway 62, south of the community of L’amable, which is about eight kilometres south of Bancroft.

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OPP say five people were injured in the collision. One passenger was airlifted to a Kingston-area hospital with serious injuries.

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The road was closed in both directions and reopened around 9:10 p.m.

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The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

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