27-year-old Lindsay man dead after Tuesday evening collision on Highway 7 east of Oakwood

Four vehicles were involved in head-on collision east of Taylors Road

An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

A 27-year-old Lindsay man is dead following a serious collision on Highway 7 east of Oakwood in Kawartha Lakes on Tuesday evening (March 19).

At around 6:08 p.m., Kawartha Lakes Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and emergency services responded to a head-on collision on Highway 7 east of Taylors Road. Four motor vehicles were involved in the collision.

The driver of one of the vehicles, a 27-year-old man from Lindsay, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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A 65-year-old person from North Bay was transported to Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay with minor injuries.

Highway 7 was closed from Opmar Road to Taylors Road until around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning while police investigated the collision.

On Tuesday morning, a 49-year-old man was killed in a collision between his vehicle and a tractor trailer on Highway 7 east of Peterborough.