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.
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.