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Charges laid following 3-vehicle crash in Simcoe

Emergency crews at the scene of a three-vehicle crash in Simcoe on Sunday. OPP West Region

Ontario Provincial Police have laid charges following a three-vehicle collision in Simcoe on Sunday.

Police say a pickup truck was driving eastbound on Queensway East in Simcoe when it collided with a vehicle exiting from a local mall.

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The collision caused the pickup truck to ricochet into another vehicle that was stopped at a traffic light and then flip over, police say.

According to an OPP release, a total of five people, four adults and an infant, were sent to hospital.

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Members of the Norfolk County Fire Department extricated the driver and passenger from the pickup, who were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.

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Two people were extricated from the pickup and transported to hospital with minor injuries, police say. OPP West Region

Two adults and a young infant, who were in the other truck at the time, were taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure.

Police have charged the driver of the pickup truck with failing to stop at a red light.

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Queensway East was closed for about two hours on Sunday as police investigated and the vehicles were removed from the roadway.

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