Police investigate fatal crash near Stone Road Mall in Guelph
Posted Jun 1, 2023 04:57:34 PM.
Last Updated Jun 7, 2023 07:44:40 AM.
A driver is dead after losing control of his pick-up truck and running over a woman who was reading under a tree beside Stone Road Mall in Guelph.
Police say it happened around 3:30, Thursday afternoon, when the 64-year old man driving the truck suffered a medical episode behind the wheel.
His truck went off the road, hit the 32-year old woman by the tree, and then crashed into several parked vehicles in the parking lot mall.
Guelph Police say an off-duty nurse happened to be there and jumped in to help with lifesaving efforts — police do not specify if the nurse was helping the woman, the driver, or both.
An Ornge Air Ambulance was called in and flew the woman to a hosptial outside Guelph with lower-body injuries.
The driver of the pick-up was taken to Guelph General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police say there was a female passenger in the pick-up who was not hurt.
No names have been released.
Investigators need to hear from any and all witnesses.
They can call Constable Kent Schneider of the Guelph Police Service Traffic Unit at 519-824-1212, ext. 7164, or email him at kschneider@guelphpolice.ca.
