One person is dead following a head-on collision on Hwy. 7 east of Madoc on Monday morning.
Central Hastings OPP say around 10:30 a.m., officers and emergency crews responded to a two vehicle collision on Highway 7 just west of Highway 37 in the Municipality of Tweed.
Police say the collision involved a car and pickup truck each with just a driver as the lone occupant.
The driver of the car was airlifted by an Ornge air ambulance to hospital, OPP said.
However, around 4:15 p.m. Monday, OPP stated the driver was later pronounced deceased at the hospital.
The driver of the pickup sustained undetermined injuries and was transported to hospital by Hastings Quinte Paramedics.
Hwy. 7 between Hwy. 37 in Tweed and St. Lawrence Street in Madoc was closed as OPP continued to investigate.
The highway reopened around 6:35 p.m. Monday.
On Tuesday afternoon, OPP identified the victim as Kendyl Dianne Hill, 21, of Oro-Medonte, Ont.
Hill was a Trent University student in Peterborough.
“This accident is a terrible tragedy,” the university stated. “The university extends our deepest and heartfelt sympathies to the victim’s family and friends.”
The investigation continues. Anyone with information on the collision is asked to call OPP at 1-888-310-1122.