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Pickup driver seriously injured in dump-truck crash on Hwy. 11

Driver of dump truck, which caught fire in crash in Oro-Medonte, received minor injuries
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Two people were injured in a fiery crash this morning on Highway 11 in Oro-Medonte, halfway between Barrie and Orillia.

Shortly before 8:30 a.m., Sept. 29, emergency crews responded to a collision south of Line 7 involving a pickup truck and a dump truck that was loaded with gravel. The dump truck caught fire, Orillia OPP said in a news release.

The driver of the dump truck received minor injuries, but the pickup truck driver was seriously injured. 

Highway 11 South was closed for cleanup and has since reopened.