UPDATE: Dec. 20, 12:30 p.m.
Members of the Huronia West detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) continue to investigate a serious head-on collision on Highway 26 in Clearview Township, where one person was pronounced deceased at the scene.
On Dec. 19, 2022, at approximately 4:40 p.m., Huronia West OPP, along with emergency services, responded to a two-vehicle head-on collision, involving a pickup truck and passenger vehicle, on Highway 26 between Richardson Road and Strongville Road in Clearview Township.
The lone driver of the pickup truck, a 45-year-old male from Clearview Township, was airlifted to a Toronto trauma centre with serious life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the passenger vehicle, a 46-year-old female from Barrie, was pronounced deceased at the scene. Two passengers, a 47-year-old female from Newmarket and a 48-year-old female from Scarborough, were airlifted to a Toronto trauma centre with serious life-threatening injuries.
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Members of the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were investigating a serious head-on collision Monday afternoon that took place on Highway 26 in Clearview Township.
At around 4:40 p.m., Huronia West OPP, along with emergency services, responded to a two-vehicle head-on collision, involving a pickup truck and passenger vehicle.
The Dec. 19 crash took place on Highway 26 between Richardson Road and Strongville Road.
The lone driver of one vehicle was airlifted by Ornge to a Toronto trauma centre with serious life-threatening injuries. Three occupants of second vehicle suffered unknown injuries, police said in a news release.
OPP technical collision investigators and reconstructionists were on scene assisting with the investigation.
Highway 26 between Richardson Road and Strongville Road was expected to be closed for several hours for the police investigation.
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage and has not yet spoken with police is asked to call Huronia West OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
