The two occupants of a Cessna 150 plane were rushed to hospital Monday evening when their plane crashed into┬аthe median of Highway 401 near the Ontario-Quebec border.
One patient was transferred to hospital in serious condition while the second was airlifted to hospital and is currently in life-threatening condition, said┬аacting Sgt.┬аErin Cranton, spokesperson for the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) east region. She said police were called around 8:15 p.m.
A spokesperson for the Ornge air ambulance service said it┬аtook a man in his 20s to a hospital in Ottawa.
The plane that crashed took off from an airport in Quebec, said Cranton. Its destination is still not known.
Police said in a tweet┬аHighway 401 was closed after the crash┬аbetween the border and the exit to┬аCurry Hill and 4th Line roads. The province’s transportation ministry tweeted that the highway reopened at about 4:15 a.m.
Search and rescue specialists from CFB Trenton were contacted, said┬аCranton. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said it has deployed a team of investigators to the site.┬а
Hydro lines were also damaged in the collision, said OPP. Hydro One doesn’t list any ongoing outages in the area.
The┬аplane is a single-engine aircraft with two seats, according to the┬аAircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
The scene is about 40 kilometres east of Cornwall,┬а80 kilometres west of Montreal and 125 kilometres southeast of Ottawa.
