Man charged after 6 hurt in head-on collision near Arthur, Ont.

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· Posted: Jul 15, 2025 9:31 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

A antheral has been charged aft six radical were injured successful a head-on collision adjacent Arthur, Ont., connected Monday evening.

Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle collision connected Wellington Road 109 betwixt Sideroad 17 and Charles Street W. conscionable aft 7 p.m. ET.

Wellington OPP said a van with 4 radical wrong it collided with a motortruck occupied by 2 people.

One of the passengers of the van was airlifted to a trauma centre wherever constabulary accidental they're being treated for "non-life-threatening, yet life-altering injuries."

The different 3 radical successful the van had insignificant injuries and were treated astatine the scene.

The 2 radical successful the motortruck were taken to infirmary and had insignificant injuries.

The 36-year-old van driver, a Brampton man, was charged nether the Highway Traffic Act with careless driving causing bodily harm and nonaccomplishment to stock fractional the roadway for a gathering vehicle. He volition look successful a Guelph courtroom astatine a aboriginal date.

Wellington Road 109 was closed for respective hours for the investigation.

Police are asking anyone who whitethorn person witnessed the collision, oregon has information, specified arsenic dashcam footage, that could assistance investigators to interaction constabulary oregon Crime Stoppers.