An 81-year-old woman is dead following a wrong-way collision on Highway 401 near Woodstock over the weekend, according to Ontario Provincial Police.
OPP say emergency services, including firefighters and paramedics, were dispatched to the highway on Saturday night shortly before midnight after the collision had been reported.
Police say the officer’s investigation found that an SUV was travelling west in the eastbound lanes of the highway near Mill Street when it collided with a transport truck.
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An 81-year-old woman from Woodstock, who was driving the SUV, was pronounced dead at the scene.
There were no other injuries reported to police in connection with the crash.
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Police closed two lanes of the highway between Mill Street and Norwich Road for a number of hours as they investigated the collision.
OPP say officers are continuing to investigate the collision and are asking anyone with information or dash-cam footage to contact them.
Correction: This story initially said the deceased was a man. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.
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