ATV crash in Norfolk County sends three teens to hospital, one with life-threatening injuries

Ontario Provincial Police say three teenagers were taken to hospital after an ATV crash in Norfolk County Thursday.

Emergency services responded to the scene on Bell Mill Road in Middleton shortly before 1:30 p.m., where they discovered a 15-year-old boy pinned beneath the vehicle.

Investigators say the boy had been driving the ATV with a 14-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl as passengers when he lost control and crashed into a tree. The driver had to be extricated and was airlifted to a Toronto-area hospital with serious life-threatening injuries.

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The other teens were taken to hospital by an ambulance and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Bell Mill Side Road was closed between Goshen Road and 3rd Concession Road NTR for several hours.

Police say their investigation is ongoing.