A 34-year-old woman is dead following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 115 south of Peterborough on Wednesday morning (December 6).
Just before 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Peterborough County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call about a serious collision on Highway 115 at Highway 7A in Cavan-Monaghan Township. After arriving at the scene, officers located a pickup truck in the centre median between the northbound and southbound lanes.
Initially reporting the incident as a single-vehicle collision, police are now reporting the pickup had been travelling northbound on Highway 115 when it came in contact with a commercial motor vehicle before striking the guardrail.
The guardrail ripped off the passenger side door and an occupant was thrown from the pickup truck before it came to rest a short distance further in the centre median. A 34-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene, with another occupant of the vehicle transported to Peterborough Regional Health Centre for treatment.
Highway 115 will remain closed for several hours while police investigate and document the scene.
Anyone who may have witnessed or has video/dash camera footage of the collision and has not spoken with police is asked to contact the Peterborough County OPP Detachment at 1-888-310-1122.
