(BLUEWATER, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers and members from the West Region OPP Traffic Incident Management & Enforcement (TIME) Team continue to investigate a fatal motor vehicle collision that took place this morning north of Dashwood.
At approximately 11:53 a.m. Huron County OPP, Huron County Paramedic Services and the Dashwood Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle collision located on Bronson Line between Pepper Road and MacDonald Road.
Upon arrival first responders located a head-on crash involving a pickup truck and a sport utility vehicle. The driver of the pickup truck was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
The deceased has since been identified as Matthew GEORGE, 52 years of age from Bluewater.
The 35-year-old driver of the sport utility vehicle remains in hospital with undetermined injuries.
Bronson Line remains closed between Zurich-Hensall Road (Huron County #84) and Dashwood Road (Huron County #83).
Please use an alternate route to avoid delays.
Any person with information regarding this crash is encouraged to contact Huron OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or (519) 482-1677.