A Trent Lakes, Ont., man is dead following a two vehicle collision in the City of Kawartha Lakes on Monday afternoon.
OPP and emergency services responded around 12:30 p.m. to the collision on Kirkfield Road involving a pickup truck and a CAA flat bed tow truck, just north of the community of Kirkfield.
Police say the driver of the pickup was pronounced dead at the scene. He has been identifed as Daryl Beckford, 26.
“The second driver was transported to hospital with minor injuries,” police said.
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The OPP’s Technical Collision Investigators (TCI) attended the scene to assist. Kirkfield Road was closed between Centennial Park and Brechin roads until 5 p.m. as police investigated.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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