(CHATHAM, ON) On June 30, 2016 around 2:50 a.m., Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single vehicle motor vehicle collision on Highway 40 north of Dufferin Avenue.
A GMC Jimmy, carrying two occupants, was travelling southbound on Highway 40 when it left the roadway and rolled before coming to rest in the east ditch.
One occupant was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. A second occupant was transported to hospital for treatment.
The investigation into this fatal motor vehicle collision is ongoing with the assistance of the Technical Traffic Collision Investigation.
Highway 40 between Langstaff Line and Dufferin Avenue will be closed for approximately 3 hours.
Names of the deceased are not being released at this time pending notification of next of kin.
Further updates will be provided as they become available.