Two OPP cruisers and a fire truck involved in seperate crashes near Orangeville

Three emergency vehicles, including two OPP cruisers, were involved in three separate crashes in the Orangeville area on Wednesday.

The first crash, around 9 a.m., involved an OPP cruiser on the 5^th Line north of Amaranth Side road- just west of Orangeville. The male officer wasn’t injured and just minor damages to his cruiser.

Then at around 9:45 a.m., a fire truck and a car collided at Dufferin County Road 12 and the 5^th Line of Amaranth. Orangeville Fire Chief Andy MacIntosh tells CTV News the person in the car suffered life-threatening injuries. The fire truck was its way back from another accident when the collision occurred.

Then around 1 p.m. another cruiser was hit on Dufferin County Rd. 109 near the 9th Line.

According to police, a female officer was stopped at the side of the road investigating a jackknifed tractor-trailer when her cruiser was stuck. She was taken to Headwaters Hospital in Orangeville with non-life threatening injuries.

OPP Sgt. Peter Leon tells CTV News with changing conditions people have to expect the unexpected.

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  A look at the OPP cruiser damaged in a crash on Dufferin County Rd. 109 near the 9th Line on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. (Courtesy: Dufferin OPP Constable Paul Nancekivell)