Milton teens killed in two collisions Sunday morning
June 6th, 2008
On Sunday, May 25 at approximately 3 am the Halton Regional Police Service were called to a single motor vehicle collision on Eighth Line south of Derry Rd. in Milton.
The vehicle, occupied only by its driver, was travelling north on Eighth Line and left the roadway on the east side. The vehicle went through a deep ditch and became airborne before coming to rest against a hydro pole along the road and in a farmer’s field.
In the final resting position with the front end of the small car facing the ground and the trunk up in the air against the pole the car became fully involved in flames burning the car and hydro pole.
The young male driver (in his late teens) was ejected and succumbed to his injuries; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim’s name is not being released pending notification of next of kin.
The collision is currently under investigation by the Halton Regional Police Reconstruction Unit.
On Sunday, May 25, at approximately 5:01 am a single vehicle fatal motor vehicle collision occurred on Tremaine Rd south of Derry Rd in the Town of Milton. Police investigation into this accident indicates that this vehicle was travelling northbound on Tremaine Rd when it failed to negotiate an s-bend turn and collided with a guard rail. Four persons were in the vehicle at the time of the accident. One male passenger (17 years old), ejected from the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. A female passenger (18 years old) suffered a serious foot injury and was air lifted by ambulance to hospital. Another male passenger (18 years old) suffered a serious leg injury and was transported by ambulance to hospital. The male driver of the vehicle (17 years old) was transported by air ambulance to hospital due to a serious life threatening head injury. All four occupants reside in the Milton area. Alcohol consumption has been deemed to be a factor in this collision.
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