Oxford OPP briefs

One person suffered serious injuries as the result of a collision in Zorra Township this week. (OPP Photo)

Lee Griffi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Zorra collision sends one to hospital

A collision in Zorra Township sent one person to hospital with serious injuries.

On Monday, Dec. 16 at about 8:30 a.m., members of the Oxford detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were called to the intersection of the 37th Line and Road 84, in the Township of Zorra after a three-vehicle collision.

Police say a pickup truck and two commercial motor vehicles collided. The lone occupant of the pickup truck was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The injuries were later updated as being serious but non-life-threatening. The lone occupants of the two commercial motor vehicles were uninjured.

The 37th Line was closed at Road 88 and Wallace Street and Road 84 was closed between the 41st Line and 37th Line for several hours to facilitate the investigation.

Police are asking anyone with information on the collision to contact them.

Fatal crash in Zorra

A two-vehicle collision has claimed the life of one driver.

On Dec. 10 just after 11 a.m., members of the Oxford detachment of the OPP along with Fire and Paramedic Services of Oxford County, responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 2.

The investigation determined that two vehicles collided between the 31st and 33rd Line.

One driver suffered minor injuries while the second driver was transported to hospital with unknown injuries but was later pronounced deceased.

Highway 2 was closed for several hours while the collision was investigated.