IGNACE, Ont. – Two people suffered serious injuries requiring the intervention of air ambulance after separate collisions on Highway 17 Saturday.
Three vehicles were involved in a collision near the Revell River Bridge, west of Ignace, that required one person to be airlifted to hospital.
The driver of a transport truck rear-ended an SUV, then hitting another transport, said Acting Sergeant Jim Davis of the Ontario Provincial Police, adding brake issues may have been involved.
A passenger in the SUV was taken to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre by air ambulance with serious injuries Davis believed to be non-fatal.
One of the transports involved in the incident was carrying unspecificed dangerous goods, police report, but escaped the incident without a breach.
A motorcyclist suffered non-fatal injuries in another collision just east of English River that occurred just before 4 p.m.. Davis said the accident was the result of an attempt to pass as the motorcyclist was heading west on the highway.
