OPP Media Release - Fatal Highway 7 Collision
The Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision.
On June 6, 2023, just after 2:00 p.m., officers responded to a head-on collision involving two vehicles on Highway 7, west of Tatlock Road.
The 20-year-old driver of one of the involved vehicles was pronounced deceased at the scene. A 42-year-old passenger from the same vehicle was transported to the hospital by ambulance and was later pronounced deceased.
The two occupants of the second vehicle were transported to hospital with serious injuries.
A section of Highway 7 was closed for several hours in both directions.
The cause of the collision is still under investigation.
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