Truck flips into ditch
injuries minor
By SARA ROSS, THE PACKET AND TIMES
Updated 3 years ago
Wet pavement may have been a factor after a truck ended up in the ditch on Line 15 off Memorial Avenue early Sunday evening.
"The driver was coming from Memorial Avenue. I guess he started to accelerate and the vehicle started to slide," said Barrie OPP officer Kevin Colquhoun. "It slid for a little bit, lost control and spun out into the ditch."
The black Sierra GMC took out a speed limit sign before rolling onto its side in the ditch, Colquhoun said.
Two people in the vehicle walked away with minor injuries.
"It's a rear wheel drive vehicle, so because it's a pickup and it's light at the back, you have to be a little more cautious when you are accelerating," Colquhoun said at the scene.
Vehicle slid, lost control and spun into ditch
"Maybe (he) accelerated too fast and that's why he lost control."