(Burlington, Canada) - Five people were taken to hospital, including two with serious injuries, after a sedan and a utility truck collided on the westbound QEW near Guelph Line on Tuesday afternoon, according to Ontario Provincial Police statements reported by local news outlets.

Two people from the sedan were taken to a trauma centre with serious injuries. The car’s two other occupants and the truck driver were taken to hospital with minor injuries, BurlingtonToday reported October 27, quoting an OPP Highway Safety Division statement.

The police statement placed the collision at about 12:45 p.m. and said the Traffic Support Unit attended to investigate. CHCH separately reported the same vehicle and injury details that afternoon.

This report concerns the October 27 collision. The sources reviewed do not establish the cause or assign fault, and the afternoon closure notices are not being presented here as a current traffic advisory.

Sources: BurlingtonToday’s full report and embedded OPP statement, October 27; CHCH’s October 27 report.

Editorial illustration; not a photograph of the collision.