1 dead, 2 injured following Highway 7 head-on collision near Omemee: Kawartha Lakes OPP

One person is dead and two others are seriously injured following a head-on collision on Highway 7 east of Omemee, Ont., on Thursday morning.

According to City of Kawartha Lakes OPP, the collision around 7:40 a.m. involved a car and a commercial motor vehicle at the intersection of the highway and Emily Park Road, about 3.5 kilometres east of the village of Omemee.

Police say the driver of the car, a 21-year-old man from Manilla in Brock Township, Ont., was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger, a 22-year-old man from Sunderland, Ont., was airlifted to a Toronto-area hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The other driver, a 44-year-old man from Oshawa, was transported to an area hospital.

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As of noontime, Highway 7 remains closed from Emily Park Road to Orange Corners Road as OPP continue to investigate.

— more to come.