(TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, ON)- This morning just after 11 a.m. officers with the Tyendinaga Police Service and Napanee detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Hwy 49 and Bayshore Road.
Tyendinaga Mohawk Fire Service attended the scene. One of the involved vehicles, a Dodge pick-up, was fully engulfed in flames.
The driver of the Dodge pick-up truck was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle, a five tonne truck, was not injured.
An OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigator was called to the scene to assist with the investigation.
The identification of the driver will be confirmed through a post mortem examination that will be scheduled.
A small portion of Hwy 49 remains closed just north of Bayshore Road.
The Skyway Bridge is open.