#fatal-collision

#fatal-collision

Three people have died after a crash near Tillsonburg, about 43 kilometres from London, Ont., said Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). Officers responded to a collision between an SUV and pickup truck on Mall Road between Oxford Road 13 and Middletown Line around 4 p.m. Friday, said a news release from the OPP. Police said both passengers of the pickup truck were transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries, but were later pronounced dead.

The scene of the fatal incident is currently closed off as Gardaí carry out a technical examination The fatal collision took place on the northbound stretch of the motorway at Carrigane, Mitchelstown at around 9:15pm between junction 11 and junction 12. The body of the pedestrian was taken to the mortuary in Cork University Hospital where a post-mortem examination will take place.

A man in his 70s was hit by a lorry on Balls Pond Road. Despite medical efforts, he succumbed to his injuries. Authorities inform his family.