(TOWNSHIP OF MAPLETON, ON) – On Tuesday May 16, 2017 at approximately 10:00 p.m. Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a fatal collision involving two motor vehicles on Wellington Road 9 at Concession Road 6, near Moorefield. A pickup truck ran a stop sign and collided with a minivan.
The driver and passenger of the minivan were rushed to local hospital where the female passenger was pronounced deceased. The male driver of the minivan sustained non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the pickup truck was cleared by paramedics at scene.
The passenger was identified as 69-year-old Brenda JONES of West Grey Township.
34-year-old Gary MARCOUX of Palmerston has been charged with Fail to Yield to Traffic on Through Highway contrary to the Highway Traffic Act. He is to appear in Guelph Provincial Court on October 4, 2017 to answer to the charge.