A mother travelling with her infant is dead and four others are injured following a collision involving seven vehicles in a construction zone in the Township of Melancthon, Ont.
Provincial police say officers arrived at the scene shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday on County Road 124, south of 20th Sideroad, where an initial investigation found that multiple vehicles were stopped in a construction zone.
Police say a tractor trailer entered the zone and crashed into the lineup of vehicles.
The 31-year-old mother from Barrie, Ont., has died while her infant was taken to a children’s hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, along with a 45-year-old female and a 28-year-old male who were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say emergency responders extradited a 67-year-old man with serious injuries from his vehicle and he was taken to hospital before being airlifted to a Toronto-area trauma centre.
Police say County Road 124 remained closed for approximately 10 hours as they continue to investigate.
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