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Person airlifted to hospital following serious crash near Rockwood (UPDATED)

Transport truck involved in collision
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An Ornge air ambulance

Update: OPP report Tuesday morning that the injured person was an 80-year-old man from Rockwood and that the injuries were deemed to be non-life threatening. The road has since reopened.

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A person has been airlifted to hospital following a serious crash involving a transport truck near Rockwood this morning.

Emergency services responded to the call around 10:30 a.m. in the area of Hwy. 7 and Eramosa-Milton Townline.

Initial reports from the scene indicate a transport truck was found in the ditch, and a vehicle on its roof.

Firefighters extricated a person from the vehicle and placed them in the care of EMS, with ORNGE also responding to airlift them to hospital.

Hwy. 7 has been closed from Eramosa-Milton Townline to Fifth Line Nassagaweya.

Anyone with any information related to the collision is asked to call investigators at 1-888-310-1122. Those who want to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or submit a tip on-line at www.csgw.tips.