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Man, 82, dies of injuries after Whitby collision

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Toronto: An 82-year-old man has died of his injuries in hospital after his vehicle crashed into a fence and a tree in Whitby Saturday afternoon.
It happened at the intersection of Trent Street West and Byron Street South at around 2:30 p.m., Durham Regional Police said.
According to police, the driver of a Saturn was injured after his car left the road and crashed into a fence and a tree on a residential property.

Ornge said an air ambulance that was in the area responded to reports about the collision.
The air ambulance landed in the parking lot of a nearby high school in the area of Henry and Harriet streets and transported the man to a trauma centre with critical injuries.
The man, identified by police as Hendrick Hoogkamp of Whitby, died of his injuries a short timer later.
Police said road conditions were clear at the time and the man may have suffered a medical episode while driving.

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