Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say the same Highway 7 overpass in Kitchener has been the scene of two similar accidents, one fatal, that saw out-of-control vehicles launch over a snowbank created by plows after a massive winter storm struck the region.

Both incidents occurred Monday on the Highway 7 westbound ramp flyover to Highway 8 southbound, OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said in a video posted to social media.

“We had a single vehicle coming on this flyover ramp that goes over Highway 7/8,” Schmidt explained. “The driver lost control and ended up ramping up over the shoulder, over the embankment, and down onto the highway below.”

Schmidt said the driver, a local resident, was pronounced dead at the scene and the ramp is currently closed for an investigation.

“This is actually the second vehicle that drove over this embankment today already,” Schmidt added.

Earlier Monday a taxi cab was found on its crushed roof, and OPP later confirmed it had also launched off the overpass and crashed below. One person was injured in that incident.

The OPP confirm to 570 NewsRadio:
A taxi cab found on its crushed roof beside the flyover early this morning, had in fact driven off the edge of the flyover. One person injured. Another vehicle drove off the flyover around 7:30, killing one person. https://t.co/8n8c3cpLsJ pic.twitter.com/XmfhpcIYWa

— Mark Douglas (@Douglas570News) January 26, 2026

Schmidt said snow removal efforts have inadvertently created a dangerous ramp-like embankment on the shoulder of the overpass, and he urged motorists to use caution.

“Plows are coming through clearing the highways, pushing that snow off to the side,” he said. “In this case they can’t push it over the wall because it would go down onto the highway below and so it’s pushed up against the edge.

Fatal collision: WB #Hwy7 flyover to Hwy8 SB. Kitchener.
Local resident pronounced deceased after losing control of the vehicle on the ramp and launching over the snow embankment to the highway below. Ramp closed for investigation. Updates to follow. ^ks pic.twitter.com/t4UMXyiHLW

— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) January 26, 2026

“That snow will have to be removed, but it will take some time and in the meantime you can see where the vehicles could potentially ramp up over that snowbank.”

“Anytime you’re on an overpass (or) any highway after snow, it’s wet and slippery and icy conditions and obviously with the exposed elevated overpasses, it’s even more treacherous … and here with the embankments creating a ramp, a launch-type angle, for vehicles to go over the control wall if they lose control.”