(EAST HAWKESBURY TWP., ON) – The Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal collision.
OPP officers, United Counties of Prescott Russell Paramedics and East Hawkesbury Fire Department were called to the head-on collision on County Road 17 in East Hawkesbury Township, east of Tupper Street, around 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
A vehicle had crossed the centre line and collided with an oncoming vehicle.
One driver was pronounced deceased after being transported to hospital. He is identified as a 63-year-old man from Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk, Quebec.
The other driver, a 34-year-old woman from Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Quebec, was transported by Air Ornge to a regional trauma centre with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Hawkesbury OPP continues to investigate the collision, with assistance from an OPP Collision Reconstructionist and members of the Technical Collision Investigation Team.
If you witnessed the collision or have relevant dashcam video, contact the Hawkesbury OPP at 1-888-310-1122 and refer to incident E241315875.
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