A 61-year-old Peterborough man is dead following a head-on collision on Highway 7 near Tweed on Monday morning (January 13).
Shortly after 10 a.m on Monday, officers with Central Hastings Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and members of the Tweed Fire Department and Hastings Quinte Paramedic Service responded to the crash near Flinton Road, northeast of Tweed.
A car and tractor trailer had collided head-on, with the driver of the car ejected from his vehicle.
Despite life-saving efforts by paramedics, a 61-year-old Peterborough man pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the tractor trailer did not suffer any serious physical injuries.
Highway 7 at Flinton Road was closed until around 9 p.m. as police investigated and documented the scene. An investigation by Central Hastings OPP into the collision is continuing.
