2 injured, one with life-threatening injuries, in Rollo Bay motorcycle accident

A man suffered life-threatening injuries and a woman is in hospital following a collision between a motorcycle and a car in eastern P.E.I. Monday.

The accident happened on Route 2 near Rollo Bay, said RCMP in a news release.

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The driver of the motorcycle, a68year-old man from Laval, Que., is in hospital with life-threatening injuries. The passenger on the motorcycle, a63-year-old woman from Laval, was also taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver and lone occupant of the car, who is from Ontario, was not injured.

Route 2 was closed for several hours while RCMP investigated. That investigation continues.

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