Two teenagers have died as a result of a collision north of London, Ont., over the weekend.
Emergency crews were first called on Saturday at 9:23 p.m. to the intersection of Ilderton Road and Wonderland Road North for a two-vehicle collision involving a car and a pickup truck.
A passenger in the car, recently identified as a 17-year-old, was pronounced dead at the scene.
In an update from OPP released on Monday, the driver of the car, also identified as a 17-year-old individual, was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries, where they later died.
Provincial Const. Jeff Hare said to Global News that “these situations are extremely difficult, especially for the families involved.”
“I don’t know what happened here, but the hard part is that everybody that responds to these and everybody that’s involved, from the first civilian that’s on scene that isn’t prepared to deal with something like this to the firefighters, paramedics and police that attend do the investigation and have to deliver the news to the families, it’s absolutely devastating for everybody involved,” he said.
“These are the parts of the job that are extremely difficult.”
The status of the pickup truck driver’s injuries remains unknown, according to police.
No further information pertaining to the cause of the collision has been provided.
Hare added that the investigation is ongoing and has been turned over to members of the OPP West Region traffic management team.
“We’re asking anyone with information or dashcam footage to contact Middlesex OPP at 1-888-310-1122,” he said.
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