(PORT HOPE, ON) –On December 24, 2016 at 8:24pm the Northumberland detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a single motor vehicle collision on Grist Mill Road in the Municipality of Port Hope.
Officers located a heavily damaged 1999 Ford pickup truck that had collided with a tree with three occupants. The driver of the truck was pronounced dead at the scene and his two passengers were transported to a Toronto area trauma centre with serious injuries.
OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators (TTCI) attended the scene and assisted detachment officers with the investigation.
The deceased driver has been identified as James Rodney SNIDER age 34 of Apsley, Ontario.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation and police are requesting any witnesses contact the Cobourg OPP detachment at 905-372-5421.
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