Air ambulance called to south Ottawa crash
Emergency crews rushed to the scene of a two-vehicle crash in rural south Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (Ottawa Fire Services)
An ORNGE air ambulance was called to the scene of a crash in rural south Ottawa on Tuesday morning.
The two-vehicle crash happened just before 7:30 a.m. at Donnelly Drive and Merlyn Wilson Road, just north of Kemptville, Ont.
Firefighters had to remove the door of one of the vehicles to get the occupant out. Fire crews also had to spread absorbant to clean up leaking fluids at the scene.
An air ambulance arrived shortly after 8 a.m. and later arrived at the trauma centre at the Ottawa Hospital's Civic campus.
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