An incident in which a vehicle fell on a person at a Barrie, Ont., garage over the weekend has resulted in “life-threatening” injuries, a Barrie police spokesperson confirmed Monday.
At about 9 a.m. Saturday, police responded to an incident at the Barrie Do It Yourself Garage at 84 Tiffin St.
“Somebody had been working on their vehicle,” Barrie Police spokesperson Peter Leon said.
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“The report is that the vehicle came off the hoist, and the person was pinned underneath it.”
Leon said the person was removed from underneath their vehicle and sent to a local hospital before they were airlifted to a Toronto trauma centre with serious, life-threatening injuries.
A spokesperson with Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development said an inspector was assigned to investigate the incident and that the investigation is ongoing.
Since Saturday, Leon said there’ve been no updates regarding the person’s physical condition.
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