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Tilbury Woman Suffers Critical Injuries After Riding Lawn Mower Crash

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Police were called for a crash between a vehicle and riding lawn mower

A Chatham-Kent woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash between a vehicle and riding lawn mower.

Police were called around 6pm Monday to Gleeson Line in Tilbury Township.

Police say an eastbound vehicle hit a riding lawn mower that had pulled out of a private driveway onto the road.

The driver of the lawn mower, a 65-year-old Tilbury woman was taken to the hospital in Chatham-Kent and then air lifted to London.

A passenger on the lawn mower, a youth, was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the car was not hurt.