Ornge chopper ambulance prepares to land/Tamipeddle Twitter
Damage from flying wheel/OPP
SUV lost wheel/OPP
Saturday brought serious injury to a young driver on Highway 400 near Highway 89 when his car was shattered by a flying wheel off of an SUV heading the other way. The man, 20 or so, suffered serious injuries to his head and internal organs and was airlifted by Ornge air ambulance to Sunnybrook Medical Sciences Center. A woman passenger was taken to a hospital in Barrie with minor injuries. The unidentified victim was heading northbound when the southbound SUV suddenly lost a front wheel. The highway re-opened about 2.30 p.m.
