Two people are dead and four are seriously injured after a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 28 south of Bancroft on Tuesday afternoon (August 6).
At around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Bancroft Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and emergency services responded to a collision involving a commercial vehicle, two passenger vehicles, and two motorcycles on Highway 28 south of Otter Lake Road at Kawartha Dairy.
Although police have not confirmed any details about the collision, kawarthaNOW has learned that two southbound motorcycles were turning left off the highway into Kawartha Dairy when a southbound truck travelling at speed hit a passenger vehicle stopped behind them. The collision forced the passenger vehicle to strike the two motorcycles, while the truck went on to hit a second passenger vehicle travelling northbound.
Two people were pronounced dead at the scene, two people were airlifted to a trauma hospital with life-threatening injuries, and another two people transported to hospital in Bancroft with life-threatening injuries. Police have not released any details about the victims.
kawarthaNOW has also learned that one of the four people transported to hospital has since succumbed to their injuries, although this information has not been confirmed by police.
Highway 28 between Monck Road and Highway 118 was closed for around 10 hours while police documented the scene. Police are continuing to investigate the cause of the collision.
Editor’s note: although kawarthaNOW has received several photos of the scene of the collision, we have chosen not to publish them.
