A Douro-Dummer man and an Oshawa woman are dead following a two-vehicle collision early Sunday morning (October 20) on County Road 25 north of Warkworth in the Municipality of Trent Hills.
Just after midnight, Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), emergency medical services, and the Trent Hills fire department responded to a report of a collision between two passenger vehicles on County Road 25, south of County Road 35, around nine kilometres north of Warkworth.
The driver of one of the vehicles, a 41-year-old man from Douro-Dummer Township in Peterborough County, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle, a 32-year-old woman from Oshawa, was transported to hospital where she was pronounced dead. There were no other occupants of the vehicles.
The Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario was notified and attended the scene.
County Road 25 has been closed for several hours between County Road 35 and Concession Road 8 for the police investigation into the collision, which is ongoing.
Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed or has video/dash cam footage or information relating to the collision, and who has not yet spoken with police, to contact the Northumberland OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
