Man seriously injured in north Pickering auto accident
Published October 5, 2021 at 10:33 am
A 50-year-old man is in hospital with serious injuries after driving off the road in the York-Durham Line and 16th Avenue area of Pickering yesterday afternoon.
The man was driving northbound on York-Durham Line in a red Toyota Tacoma pick-up truck when his vehicle left the road. The truck landed in a nearby creek bed.
The single-vehicle accident happened about four p.m.
Other drivers helped the driver and his passenger until first-responders arrived. EMS took the driver to a Toronto trauma centre with life-threatening injuries. The driver’s condition was later downgraded to serious.
He remains in stable condition.
Durham Police’s Collision Unit shut down the area for several hours to investigate.
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Anyone with information can call Detective Constable Bill Scott 905-579-1520 ext. 5217.
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