(ONEIDA NATION OF THE THAMES FIRST NATION, ON) – One person is dead and two others were taken to hospital following a single vehicle fatal collision that occurred overnight on Oneida Nation of the Thames First Nation. On August 31, 2014 at approximately 3:28 a.m. Oneida Nation of the Thames First Nation Police, Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Police responded to a fatal collision on Fairgrounds Road south of Oneida Road.
Police have learned that a sport utility vehicle carrying three adult males was travelling along Fairgrounds Road when it left the roadway and rolled. The driver was transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. One passenger suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to hospital and a second passenger, a 59 year old male was declared deceased at the scene.
Fairgrounds Road was closed as the OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigation (TTCI) Team conducted their investigation. The road has since been reopened.
The investigation is continuing. Identification of the deceased is being withheld pending next of kin notification.
Anyone with information on this investigation is encouraged to contact their local police. The OPP can be reached anytime, anywhere in the Province of Ontario, at 1-888-310-1122. If you wish to remain anonymous you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (1-800-222-TIPS).
