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Three dead after SUV collides with tractor-trailer northwest of Listowel

Police say a transport truck collided with an SUV at the intersection of Perth Road 178 and Fordwich Line shortly after 6:30 p.m. Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press

HURON COUNTY, Ont. – Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a crash Friday evening that left three people dead and a fourth person in hospital.

The accident happened in southwestern Ontario just northwest of the town of Listowel.

Police say a transport truck collided with an SUV at the intersection of Perth Road 178 and Fordwich Line shortly after 6:30 p.m.

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They say the driver of the SUV and two others in the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene, while a third passenger was hospitalized with undetermined injuries.

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The driver of the truck was also briefly admitted to hospital.

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No names or other information was immediately released, however, Huron County OPP were asking any witnesses to the crash to contact them.

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