NEWS RELEASE
WATERLOO POLICE
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Waterloo Regional Police’s Traffic Services Unit is continuing to investigate a three-vehicle collision in the Township of North Dumfries.
On Nov. 1 at approximately 2:45 p.m., emergency services responded to reports of a collision on Trussler Road near Piper Street.
A tow truck operator was assisting a disabled Toyota Camry on the side of Trussler Road when a GMC pickup truck heading north on Trussler Road struck the Toyota and the tow truck operator outside his vehicle. The impact of the collision caused the Toyota to strike the tow truck.
The tow truck operator, a 31-year-old male from Oxford County, was transported by air ambulance to an out-of-region hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the Toyota, a 54-year-old female, and a passenger, a 14-year-old male, both from Brant County, sustained non-life-threatening physical injuries and were transported to a local hospital by Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services.
The investigation is ongoing, and charges are anticipated.
Trussler Road was closed between Piper Street and Gladstone Road for several hours for the police investigation and has since reopened.
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or may have information or video footage is asked to call the Waterloo Regional Police Service's Traffic Services Unit at 519-570-9777, extension 8856.
To provide anonymous information, please call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit online at www.waterloocrimestoppers.com.
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