Essex County OPP are investigating after a three-vehicle crash resulted in the deaths of two people Friday morning on Talbot Road, or County Road 34, between Leamington and Wheatley, Ont.
Investigators believe an eastbound pickup truck crossed the centre line at 6:44 a.m. Friday, sideswiped a utility van and then collided head-on with a sedan heading westbound.
The two people in the sedan were pronounced dead at the scene, police said, while the driver of the pickup truck, and only occupant, was rushed to hospital with serious injuries.
OPP say the driver of one vehicle, Jacqueline Steeman, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger of the same vehicle, Carrie Steeman, 50, was also pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the utility van, also the only occupant, was not injured.
A 22-year-old Chatham-Kent man has been charged with impaired driving. The accused remains in custody and is scheduled for a bail hearing on March 22.
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