Driver dead following two-vehicle crash in St. Catharines

A driver is dead following a Tuesday morning two-vehicle crash involving a box truck and a hatchback sedan in St. Catharines, Ont.

Niagara Regional Police (NRPS) says the collision happened around 9:30 a.m. at the intersection of Vine and Scott streets.

“A 29-year-old man from the Town of Lincoln was operating a white Freightliner box truck when a collision occurred with a blue Toyota Matrix,” NRPS Const. Barry Ravenek told Global News in an email.

He said a 74-year-old woman from St. Catharines, the driver of Toyota, was killed.

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There were no other serious injuries reported.

The driver of the truck remained at the scene.

The intersection, closed to traffic for several hours, reopened just after 6 p.m. Wednesday night.

An investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.

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