NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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On Sunday July 30, 2017 at approximately 8:30 p.m., Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious collision involving two vehicles at the intersection of Highway 7 and Wellington Road 29, west of Rockwood.
Initial reports indicated that a southbound vehicle failed to stop for a red light and collided with an east bound vehicle. The driver of the east bound vehicle had sustained serious injuries.
OPP as well as Guelph/Eramosa Fire Department and Guelph-Wellington Paramedics Services attended and treated occupants with varying degrees of injuries. The driver of the east bound vehicle and a passenger in the southbound vehicle were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The road was closed briefly but is now open.
Forty-one-year-old Muhammad Ahmed Memon of Mississauga has been charged for failing to stop at a red light contrary to the Highway Traffic Act.
The Wellington County OPP is asking anyone that may have witnessed this collision to please call 1-888-310-1122.
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