(MIDDLESEX CENTRE, ON) – At approximately 7:54 a.m. on March 21, 2017, the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Middlesex Centre Fire Services, and the Middlesex-London Emergency Medical Services (EMS), responded to a two vehicle head-on collision on Adelaide Road North, north of Fifteen Mile Road.
A silver Dodge pickup truck travelling southbound on Adelaide Road and a northbound silver Dodge van collided in the northbound lane.
The 69-year-old male driver and lone occupant of the van died in the collision and was pronounced at the scene. He has been identified as Gerry COCKBURN, from London, Ontario.
The 16-year-old male driver and lone occupant of the truck was extricated from the vehicle and airlifted by Ornge air ambulance to hospital in critical condition. His current condition is not available.
OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators (TTCI) attended the scene to assist with the investigation. As a result, Adelaide Road was closed from Fifteen Mile Road to Sixteen Mile Road until approximately 1:37 pm.
This incident remains under investigation.
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