2 teens critically injured in collision with farm equipment
Farm equipment operator was unhurt, police said
Two teenage boys are in critical condition after their vehicle collided with farm equipment in rural south Ottawa, paramedics say.
Emergency crews responded around 6 p.m. Friday to the crash at the corner of Twin Elm Road and Brophy Drive near the community of Richmond, an Ottawa Paramedic Service spokesperson said.
The teens were brought to CHEO, the local children's hospital, with life-threatening injuries, the Ottawa Police Service said in a news release Saturday morning.
The driver of the farm equipment was not injured, police said.
Police have asked anyone who witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage to contact the fatal collision investigation unit at 613-236-1222, extension 2345.
The crash happened around 27 kilometres southwest of Parliament Hill.