WRPS Continues to Investigate a Serious Collision in Wellesley Township

Posted on: Thursday January 22
Location: Wellesley
Occurrence #: WA26010709

Waterloo Regional Police are continuing to investigate a serious collision in Wellesley Township.

On January 22, 2026, at approximately 1:10 p.m., Waterloo Regional Police responded to a collision on Line 86 near Chalmers Forest Road.

Through the initial investigation, it was determined that an earlier minor collision involving a brown Ford and a white Buick had occurred, and both vehicles had been moved to the shoulder of the roadway.

While the Ford and Buick were on the shoulder of the roadway, a second collision took place involving two transport trucks. During this secondary collision, one of the transport trucks struck the vehicles involved in the first collision.

Collision

Collision

Collision

As a result of the collisions, a 25-year-old male driver from the initial crash was transported to an out‑of‑town hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A 58-year-old male transport truck driver was taken to an out‑of‑region hospital with serious injuries.

Line 86 remained closed for several hours for the collision investigation.

The investigation remains ongoing by members of the Waterloo Regional Police Service's Traffic Services Unit.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Waterloo Regional Police Service at 519-570-9777, extension 8856.

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519-570-9777 (WRPS) ext. 8188

publicinfo@wrps.on.ca


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