One person is dead following an early morning two-vehicle crash near Acton.
Emergency crews were called to an area on Wellington Road 125 at the Halton-Erin Townline around 6 a.m. Tuesday.
First responders arrived to find an SUV and a passenger vehicle in a ditch.
Investigators with Wellington County OPP say the SUV was going south on Wellington Road 125 when it struck the passenger vehicle going west on the Halton-Erin Townline.
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They say the driver of the SUV was taken to hospital and later died.
The victim has been identified as a 60-year-old resident of Fergus. Two other people in the SUV are at a trauma centre with serious injuries.
Investigators say the driver and occupant of the passenger vehicle suffered minor injuries.
A section of Wellington Road 125 was closed for several hours but has since been reopened.
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Wellington County OPP are continuing their investigation. They are asking witnesses to the crash to come forward.
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