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Two construction workers were critically injured — including one who was airlifted to hospital — when a car plowed through a fence at a Pickering construction site late Friday morning.
Emergency crews were called to the site near The Shops at Pickering City Centre around 11 a.m. after reports of a crash at Glenanna Rd. and The Esplanade, kitty-corner to Pickering City Hall.
Durham police spokesperson Sgt. Nicholas Gluckstein told reporters at the scene that the driver of a white Tesla was looking for a parking spot in an adjacent lot when the car somehow accelerated at an “extreme high rate of speed” into the construction site, striking two workers.
“Our collision investigation unit, they will seize the vehicle, they will tow it and they will analyze the diagnostics and all of the information that comes with the vehicle,” he said.
“That, coupled with the video footage, they will make a reasonable assessment of what exactly happened.”
Crash still under investigation
Gluckstein said the victims were a 22-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man, who were standing together when they were struck.
Both sustained critical, life-threatening injuries.
The female was airlifted by ORNGE to a Toronto trauma centre, while the male was rushed to an area hospital by ground ambulance.
The Tesla’s driver, a 75-year-old male, spent Friday afternoon being interviewed by investigators at the hospital.
“Once he is in a position to give us information, we’ll be able to gather the facts that we need,” Gluckstein said.
Anybody with information or video footage of the incident is asked to contact Durham police.
