Ontario Premier Doug Ford was unhurt after an OPP car he was travelling in was concerned in a collision on Freeway 401 Wednesday afternoon.
OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt confirmed to Ontario Chronicle Toronto that the collision in query occurred at round 12:40 p.m. within the westbound lanes of Freeway 401 at Brock Highway in Pickering.
Police mentioned the premier and the opposite occupants within the car operated by the OPP Protecting Providers Part weren’t injured.
In the meantime, two individuals within the different car have been transported to the hospital with minor accidents and have been later launched.
In an replace, police mentioned that an 18-year-old from Oshawa was charged with harmful driving on account of the crash. He’s scheduled to look in an Oshawa courtroom in February.
Chatting with reporters at Queen’s Park, Ford mentioned that the car he was travelling in was “sideswiped” after leaving the Darlington Nuclear Producing Station, the place he had held a press convention to pitch a brand new vitality partnership with the U.S.
“Oh yeah, we were leaving OPG, driving down the road on the highway, and the next thing you know, out of nowhere, the car got sideswiped, and that is all I can say,” he mentioned.
“But we were just driving straight, and next thing we know, we got hammered, just hammered. I am OK, this head is like limestone. It is as hard as a rock.”
Ford went on to say the motive force that struck the car he was travelling in “ended up on the other side of the highway.”
“It was bad. I just pray he was OK,” he mentioned.
The spokesperson mentioned that the motive force of the opposite car is believed to have sustained non-life-threatening accidents.
