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London senior identified as deceased in Zorra Township crash

Central Hastings OPP arrested one person after shots were fired at a residence in Marmora on Oct. 2, 2022. The Canadian Press file

Oxford County Ontario Provincial Police have identified the person killed in a two-vehicle collision in Zorra Township Friday afternoon.

On Monday morning police confirmed that the deceased is 79-year-old John Sangster of London.

On Friday at around 2:50 p.m., OPP received a report of a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Oxford Road 96 and 37th Line in Zorra Township.

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Members from Oxford OPP, Zorra Fire Services, Perth Emergency Medical Services and Air Ornge also responded to the scene.

Sangster was transported to a local area hospital with serious injuries and was later pronounced dead, police say.

A passenger from the first vehicle was airlifted to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while the driver from the second vehicle and all other passengers were transported to a local area hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

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The road was closed for a few hours while OPP investigated but has since reopened.

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