Teen snowmobile rider seriously injured in collision with tractor-trailer

BARRIE, ONT. -- Paramedics say a teenager has been airlifted to a trauma centre with life-threatening injuries following a collision involving a snowmobile and a tractor-trailer in Springwater Township.

The crash happened just after 11 Tuesday morning along County Road 27 just north of Flos Road 11 East.

Simcoe County paramedics rushed the teen to a local hospital, where he was then airlifted to a Toronto area hospital.

Huronia West OPP closed the area between Flos Road 11 East and Tiny-Flos Townline for the OPP investigation.

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  Emergency crews attend the scene of a collision between a snowmobile and tractor-trailer on CR 27 in Springwater Township on Tues., Feb. 2, 2021 (Jim Holmes/CTV News)

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  Emergency crews attend the scene of a serious crash involving a snowmobile and tractor trailer on County Road 27 in Springwater Township, Ont., on Tues., Feb. 2, 2021 (OPP/Twitter)

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  Emergency crews attend the scene of a serious crash involving a snowmobile and tractor trailer on County Road 27 in Springwater Township, Ont., on Tues., Feb. 2, 2021 (Jim Holmes/CTV News)

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  A serious crash involving a snowmobile and tractor trailer on County Road 27 in Springwater Township, Ont., on Tues., Feb. 2, 2021 (OPP handout)