Ice Storm Fatality

(OTONABEE-SOUTH MONAGHAN TOWNSHIP, ON) – Members of the Peterborough County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a sudden death call related to the recent ice storm.

On Monday April 7, 2025, officers from the Peterborough County OPP were dispatched to a residence on Burnham Line in the Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan and had been advised that an individual had been struck by a falling tree.

Officers arrived on scene and spoke to a witness who advised they had been asked for assistance by the homeowner, in clearing the trees damaged from the recent ice storm. The two were both experienced in tree removal and had already felled four or five trees before the last one came down striking the one individual.

As a result, a 78-year-old male was pronounced as deceased at the scene.

The Peterborough County OPP would like to extend our condolences to the family of the deceased.

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