Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Highway fatality near Oxdrift


A woman from Kitchener, Ontario has been killed in a two-vehicle accident between Kenora and Dryden on the Trans-Canada Highway.

The OPP say the collision took place shortly after 10:00 yesterday morning near the intersection of Eton-Rugby Road and Highway 17.

Police say a west-bound car collided with an eastbound pick-up truck.

The driver of the car, 35 year old Rosanne O'Brien was killed, while the operator of the half-ton was taken to hospital in Dryden for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

The highway was closed for over five hours as a result of the collision.