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Driver airlifted to hospital after Walpole Island crash

An early morning car crash on Walpole Island First Nations has sent one person to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Lambton OPP responded to Chiefs Road around 5:53 a.m. Saturday morning, after reports of a single-vehicle crash.

The 37-year-old driver was taken to the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance before being airlifted to Victoria Hospital in London.

OPP closed Chiefs Road while they investigated, and reopened the road after a few hours.

The investigation is ongoing.

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