Two-car crash sends both drivers to hospital

An air ambulance is shown outside Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie (File image)

Police in Barrie are investigating a two-vehicle collision at the southwest corner of the city Saturday evening that resulted in both drivers getting transported to hospitals, one with serious injuries.

According to the Barrie Police Service (BPS), officers received the call for the incident just after 7 p.m. before being dispatched to the Marsellus Drive and Sundew Drive intersection near Mapleview Drive West.

A spokesperson for the BPS told CTV News that one of the drivers had to be extricated by emergency crews and was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were deemed serious. They were then airlifted to a Toronto-area trauma centre.

Police say the other driver was taken to Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) with non-life-threatening injuries.

Both vehicles sustained significant damage and both of their airbags deployed.

The area was closed for several hours before reopening at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning.

The investigation remains ongoing.