One person is dead and another was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a pickup truck and an SUV collided around 4 a.m.
The Ontario Provincial Police continue to investigate a fatal crash that happened early this morning on Highway 11 northbound, near South Sparrow Lake Road/Goldstein Road, in Severn Township.
Around 4 a.m., officers with the Orillia detachment of the OPP as well as paramedics and firefighters responded to the two-vehicle crash, which involved a pickup truck and an SUV.
As a result of the crash, one driver was pronounced deceased at the scene while the other driver was transported to Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The identity of the deceased is being withheld at this time pending notification of next of kin.
Highway 11 northbound was closed in both directions between Grayshott Road and Goldstein Road/South Sparrow Lake Road for several hours while members of the OPP Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) Team assisted with the investigation.
The roadway has since reopened.
Anyone with information or dashcam footage related to the collision is asked to contact police at 1-888-310-1122.
To remain anonymous, information can be submitted to Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-8477 or online.