Trans-Canada Highway crash sends 84-year-old woman to hospital

An 84-year-old woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries from a car accident on the Trans-Canada Highway in Mount Mellick, P.E.I., around 5 p.m.Saturday evening.

RCMP say the woman was heading west on Highway 1 when she turned left into oncoming traffic, hitting a pick-up truck head-on.

The woman and her passenger, both from Stratford, were taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment.

The 71-year-old man driving the pick-up truck, from Iona, was also taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He was later airlifted to Halifax for treatment of serious injuries.

About five minutes later, another crash occurred about100 metres away.

RCMP say a 45-year-old man from Charlottetown was slowing down and pulling off to the right to avoid the initial collision when his vehicle was hit from behind by a car being driven by a 44-year-old Charlottetown woman.

No one was injured in the second crash, but both vehicles had to be towed from the scene.

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