(Napanee, ON)- On Saturday, October 24th, 2015 at 8:14 p.m. officers with the Napanee and Loyalist detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a report of a two vehicle collision on Highway 401 westbound near County Road 6, Loyalist Township.
Upon arrival officers located a black 2004 Dodge Dakota pulled over on the right shoulder of the highway with the driver inside. Police located the second vehicle, a 2015 Nissan Sentra, in the right ditch without a driver present. The driver of the Dodge Dakota indicated that he had been rear ended.
Police searched the area around the Nissan and could not locate the driver. Police and EMS continued searching for the driver of the Nissan and subsequently located him in the median with life threatening injuries.
Investigation revealed that a third motor vehicle, a 2007 Freightliner Conventional Tractor, had struck the driver of the Nissan who had been walking on the highway.
31 year-old Brian PENNEY of Greater Napanee was transported to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
The driver of the Dodge Dakota was transported to hospital where he was treated and released.
The highway was closed for several hours as OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators examined the scene to determine the cause of the collisions.
A post-mortem will be held this morning.
The investigation is ongoing.