One person is dead following a fiery head-on collision on a Port Colborne highway in Niagara Region.
OPP say a vehicle was “consumed by fire” in the two-vehicle crash around 1:30 p.m. on Highway 140 just north of the Netherby Road overpass.
Five others were injured in the incident with one air-lifted to an out-of-town hospital and the others transported to nearby hospitals in ambulances.
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The cause of the crash has not yet been disclosed by authorities.
Highway 140 was closed between Babion Road and Ridge Road for several hours to complete an investigation.
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