Two men have been charged after an Oct. 24 incident on Merivale Road, in which a car crashed into a concrete pillar.

The crash, which happened near Colonnade Road at about 2:40 a.m., injured two men in a four-door 2005 Nissan Altima, including one with significant head and chest injuries.

Police had originally called the crash a single-vehicle collision but say they have since determined a second vehicle was involved.

The driver of the Nissan, a 25-year-old man from Ottawa, was charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.

A second driver, a 42-year-old Ottawa man, was charged with two counts each of:

Criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.

Failure to stop at the scene of an accident involving bodily harm.

Both men were charged and released with a promise to appear in court on January 15.