Six people, including three children, were taken to hospital following a serious two-vehicle crash in Innisful on Wednesday morning.
A pickup truck and a sedan collided near the 9th Line and Yonge Street at around 10:30 a.m.
A police officer who happened to be driving in the area witnessed the collision and was the first person on scene.
Speaking with CTV News Barrie following the crash, Sgt. Deborah Smith, of the South Simcoe Police Service, said it appeared that one vehicle crossed the centre line and struck the other vehicle head-on.
A man and a child were in the pickup truck and a man, a woman and two children were in the sedan at the time of the incident, investigators said.
Firefighters were forced to extricate some of the occupants from the two vehicles.
The 23-year-old male driver and a 27-year-old female passenger of the sedan are both in serious but stable condition after they were airlifted by Ornge air ambulance to a Toronto trauma centre.
A two-year-old girl and an eight-year-old girl, who were also in the sedan at the time, were taken to local hospital from the scene. The eight-year-old girl remains in hospital in stable condition and the two-year-old girl has been released.
The 50-year-old male driver of the pickup truck and a 16-year-old male passenger were both taken to hospital with minor injuries and have since been released.
The stretch of roadway reopened to motorists at 4:45 p.m.
“At this point we don’t have any suspicions that alcohol was involved. As far as speed, we are not sure. Our traffic unit is investigating and that will be determined,” Smith said.
“We do have a couple of witnesses that did stand by and provided us with some information and if there are any witnesses out there, we would absolutely love to hear from them.”
