NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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TOWN OF NEW TECUMSETH - On Saturday, Aug. 25, 2017 at approximately 5:22 p.m., a member of the Nottawasaga Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), assisted by New Tecumseth Fire Department and Simcoe County Paramedic Services responded to a motor vehicle collision on Victoria Street East near John Street in Alliston.
A red Pontiac Pursuit was travelling Westbound on Victoria Street when it swerved into the Eastbound lane to avoid rear-ending the stopped vehicle in front and was struck head on by a Ford F350 truck.
As the officer arrived at the scene and approached the red Pontiac, the front of the vehicle caught fire. The officer opened the driver's door and pulled the driver from the vehicle, while a tow truck driver used fire extinguishers to put out the flames.
The female driver was transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The investigation is still ongoing.
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