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Woman dead after single-vehicle crash in Haldimand County

File photo of Ontario Provincial Police cruiser. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Lars Hagberg/FILE

HALDIMAND COUNTY, Ont. – Police say a woman has died after her vehicle hit a roadside utility pole in southern Ontario.

Officers say the woman was heading southbound on a highway in Walpole Township, Ont., shortly after 1 a.m. Friday when her vehicle crossed through the opposite lane and struck the pole.

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Police say the woman was thrown from the vehicle.

Authorities say they learned of the collision from a passerby who saw a downed power line and the woman’s vehicle, which had rolled into a ditch beside the highway.

Police say they will not release the woman’s name at this time.

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