( CNN ) Toledo , Ohio , Mayor Michael Collins has been hospitalized in critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest while driving Sunday afternoon . Collins was headed home from a news conference on the city 's snow emergency around 2 p.m. when he lost consciousness and his car slammed into a utility pole , said his spokeswoman Stacy Weber . CNN affiliate WTVG said a woman performed CPR on the mayor after breaking a window and removing him from the vehicle . Collins is in the intensive care unit at the University of Toledo Medical Center . Dr. Christopher Cooper of the medical center said Sunday that Collins is being closely monitored and that it is too early to comment about his recovery . City Council President Paula Hicks-Hudson was sworn in as acting mayor . Collins , 70 , has been in office a little over a year . CNN 's Janet DiGiacomo and Andy Rose contributed to this report .
A policeman pulled Mayor Michael Collins from his car and performed CPR . The City Council President has been sworn in as acting mayor .