Driver airlifted after car crashes into rock cut off Hwy. 28 north of Peterborough

One person has been airlifted to a Toronto-area hospital following a single-vehicle crash on Highway 28 north of Peterborough on Monday afternoon.

Around 1:30 p.m., emergency crews were called to a crash on the highway east of Big Cedar Lake Road between the communities of Burleigh Falls and Woodview in North Kawartha Township.

OPP discovered a car which had left the highway and had struck a rock cut.

Peterborough Paramedics treated a man at the scene before transporting him to hospital, according to OPP.

The patient was subsequently airlifted to a Toronto-area trauma centre with life-threatening injuries, OPP said.

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North Kawartha Township firefighters closed one lane of the highway as OPP initially investigated.

OPP stated the highway will be closed at 4:30 pm to continue the investigation. Detours will be in place on Highway 28 at Northey’s Bay Road and County Road 6 for several hours, OPP stated.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

On Tuesday morning, Peterborough County OPP said the driver remains in hospital in stable condition.

0:20 2 dead following head-on collision on Hwy. 28 in North Kawartha Township: OPP