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Driver arrested, charged after fatal single-vehicle crash in St. Catharines

Click to play video: '1 dead, 2 injured following Highway 7 head-on collision near Omemee: Kawartha Lakes OPP'
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 - one airlifted - 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 two vehicles at the intersection of the highway and Emily Park Road, about 3.5 kilometres east of the village of Omemee. More: – Dec 14, 2023

Niagara Regional Police say a driver was arrested and is facing charges following a fatal collision in St. Catharines early Monday.

Investigators revealed a white Honda sedan with three people inside left a roadway and struck a tree around 3 a.m. near Bunting Road and Eastchester Avenue south of the Garden City Skyway.

A man in his 20s died at the scene as a result of the crash with a 19-year-old man sustaining serious injuries.

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The 29-year-old driver from St. Catharines, identified in a police release, is facing two charges including impairment causing death.

Bunting Road between McPhail Crescent and Dunkirk Road was closed for hours amid the incident as was Eastchester Avenue at McPhail Crescent.

Both thoroughfares reopened just after noon Monday.

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