Six sent to hospital, including one flown to London, after rural crash: Police

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CHATHAM – Six people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash west of Chatham Monday night, the third collision in rural Southwestern Ontario that resulted in multiple injuries in the past week.

Chatham-Kent police say it was just before 9 p.m. when emergency crews were dispatched to a serious collision at the intersection of Queens Line and Merlin Road, police said. One vehicle was heading east on Queens Line, with a lone occupant, and the other was heading west on Queens Line, carrying six people, police said.

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The westbound vehicle was turning onto Merlin Line when the collision occurred, police said.

The impact caused the vehicle to veer off the roadway and end up in a ditch on the southwest corner of the intersection, police said. The other vehicle remained in the east lane facing west, police added.

Emergency crews took six people to the hospital for medical attention: One of them was flown to a London hospital, police said, and two others were taken by ambulance to hospitals in London and one to Windsor, for further medical attention, police said.

In other recent large crashes in Southwestern Ontario:

• A two-vehicle crash south of London on Sunday involved six people, one of whom suffered life-threatening injuries, Ontario Provincial Police said. It was about 2:30 p.m. when two vehicles collided near the intersection of Talbot Line and Ron McNeil Line, in the Township of Southwold, near Talbotville police say. One vehicle had two people in it and the other was carrying four, police said. Two were taken to hospital, one with life-threatening injuries. The other four suffered injuries that didn’t require hospitalization.
• On June 6, last Thursday, one person was killed and four others hurt in a collision in Norfolk County. The crash happened at about 7 p.m. at the intersection of Windham East Quarter Line and Windham Road 9, just west of the town of Waterford. One person died at the scene while four others were taken to Norfolk General Hospital. Police say those people were conscious at the time.

Police were still investigating the Chatham-area crash, they said on Tuesday. Anyone with information is asked to call investigators at 519-355-1092.

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