A serious collision back on August 19th in the Township of South Algonquin has now left one person dead. Just after the noon hour that day, police, fire and paramedic crews were called out to a two vehicle crash on Highway 127, north of McKenzie Lake Road. Several people including a 10-year-old child were transported to hospital with serious injuries. The 83-year-old driver from Huntsville was initially transported by paramedics to hospital and later air lifted to a secondary hospital by ORNG. Police were notified several days later that this driver had died in hospital. Police have now charged a 43-year-old driver from Rome, Italy with careless driving causing death.
OPP Technical Collision Investigators, (TCI) attended the scene to assist with the investigation. A portion of Highway 127 remained closed due to the collision investigation. A postmortem has been ordered. Police continue to investigate the cause of the collision.
Anyone with information surrounding this collision is asked to contact the Killaloe OPP Detachment at 613-757-2600 or Crime Stoppers.
(Written by: Kyle Robinson)
