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Two injured after horse-drawn carriage collision in Oxford County

Ontario Provincial Police say two people were critically injured after a car crashed with a horse-drawn carriage in Norwich Township Friday afternoon. OPP officers were called in at around 4:00 p.m. to Oxford Road 13.

OPP officers were called to Oxford Road 13 around 4 p.m. on Friday

A horse making eye contact with the camera.
Two people in the carriage were taken to hospital with serious injuries but with no threat to their lives, the OPP said. (Aya Dufour/CBC)

Ontario Provincial Police say two people were critically injured after a car crashed with a horse-drawn carriage in Norwich Township Friday afternoon.

OPP officers were called in at around 4:00 p.m. to Oxford Road 13 for the report of a collision between a passenger vehicle and a horse-drawn carriage.

Police say two people in the carriage were taken to hospital with serious injuries but with no threat to their lives.

The lone person in the passenger vehicle didn't suffer any injuries in the crash.

Police say the horse died at the scene, and the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact Oxford OPP or Crime Stoppers.