(COX TOWNSHIP, ON) – On July 16, 2018, at approximately 2:45 a.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Sudbury Detachment and Technical Collision Investigations (TCI) as well as the French River Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a single vehicle collision, on Highway 69 in Cox Township, Ontario.
The police investigation revealed that the driver of a Jeep Liberty traveling northbound on Highway 69 left the roadway and collided with a rock cut. The passenger of the Jeep was transported to hospital where he later died of his injuries. The driver was also transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The name of the deceased subject is not being released at this time pending the notification of next of kin.