Driver thrown from vehicle after pickup and dump truck collide
Posted Jul 18, 2017 07:03:10 AM.
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Regional Police are still investigating after a head on crash between a dump truck and a pick up truck.
The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. on Northumberland Street and Alps Road, near Ayr, on Monday.
Police told 570 News that the dump truck was traveling southbound and the pick up truck tried to make a turn that is when the two vehicles crashed.
According to police, the 33-year-old Oxford County man, who was the driver of the pick up truck, was not wearing his seatbelt and was thrown from his vehicle.
The pick up truck driver was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police add that the driver of the dump truck was shaken up and was treated for minior injuries at the scene
The 33-year-old Oxford County man has been charged with careless driving and failure to wear a seat belt.
