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Driver charged after crash that sent 5 to hospital

Police report the injuries to the five occupants of passenger van to be not life threatening.
Pass Lake collision
A two-vehicle collision resulted in serious injuries Sunday afternoon. (Michael Charlebois, tbnewswatch)

SHUNIAH, Ont. -- An 18-year-old is facing a Highway Traffic Act charge after a weekend two-vehicle crash sent five people to hospital.

Emergency services responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 11/17 in the area of Pass Lake just after 1 p.m. on Sunday.

Provincial police on Monday said a pickup truck entered the highway out of the driveway of a Pass Lake business when it collided with a westbound passenger van.

The male driver of the van was taken to hospital by air ambulance with injuries that are not life threatening. Four passengers in the van were taken to hospital by land ambulance, also with injuries that are not life threatening.

The four occupants of the truck were not injured.

The OPP have charged the 18-year-old driver of the truck with failure to yield from a private driveway.




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