Police release names of two men who died in last week’s Highway 28 collision

Driver and passenger of car that collided with tractor trailer died at the scene

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Travis Richardson, 34, from Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, and Shane Simkins-Mather, 33, of Georgina, Ontario, died following a collision on May 7, 2020 betweeen a car and tractor trailer on Highway 28 between Mt. Julian Viamede Road and Northey's Bay Road in Woodview. Pictured is a closure of Highway 28 following another head-on collision in February 2019. (Photo courtesy of Geri-Lynn Cajindos)
Travis Richardson, 34, from Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, and Shane Simkins-Mather, 33, of Georgina, Ontario, died following a collision on May 7, 2020 betweeen a car and tractor trailer on Highway 28 between Mt. Julian Viamede Road and Northey's Bay Road in Woodview. Pictured is a closure of Highway 28 following another head-on collision in February 2019. (Photo courtesy of Geri-Lynn Cajindos)

Peterborough County OPP has released the names of the two people who died as a result of a collision last Thursday (May 7) on Highway 28 south of Northey’s Bay Road in Woodview, north of Burleigh Falls.

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Travis Richardson, 34, of Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia and Shane Simkins-Mather, 33, of Georgina, Ontario, were killed when their car collided with a tractor trailer.

The driver of the tractor trailer was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

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