Crash involving dump truck in Essa Township sends two people to hospital

Two men were injured after a car and a dump truck collided in Essa Township Friday afternoon.

It happened around 2:30 p.m. on County Road 90 between the 8^th and 9^th Lines.

Essa Fire Chief Cynthia Ross Tustin tells CTV News that dump truck went over an embankment after the collision and the diver became trapped.

Emergency crews were forced to cut the man out of the truck and Ornge air ambulance transported him to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.

The driver of the car was taken to RVH in Barrie.

No word on the condition of either man or what happened.  Police are investigating.

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  Two people were sent to hospital after a dump truck a car collided on Highway 90 in Essa Township on Friday afternoon. (Katherine Ward / CTV Barrie)

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  Two people were sent to hospital after a dump truck a car collided on Highway 90 in Essa Township on Friday afternoon. (Katherine Ward / CTV Barrie)