A 70-year-old Colborne man and a family pet died in two separate multi-vehicle collisions in Northumberland County on Thursday morning (January 16) during poor weather and road conditions.
The first collision happened at around 9:40 a.m. on County Road 28 just south of Bewdley.
Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with emergency medical services and the fire department, arrived at the scene where two passenger vehicles had sustained heavy damage, and a third vehicle was in the ditch on the west side of the road.
Three people were treated as the scene and transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A family pet in one of the vehicles did not survive the collision.
County Road 28 was closed at County Road 9 and Boundary Road for several hours for a police investigation and cleanup.
The second collision happened shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Thursday in the westbound lanes of Highway 401 between Port Hope and Cobourg.
Northumberland OPP and emergency medical services and fire departments responded to the collision involving as many as 15 vehicles, including two tractor trailers.
Five people were transported to a local hospital, where a 70-year-old man from Colborne was pronounced dead. The other four people sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
The westbound lanes of Highway 401 were closed, with diversions in place at Burnham Street, until around 2:45 a.m. on Friday morning for a police investigation and environmental cleanup.
Police are continuing to investigate both collisions. Investigators are asking anyone who may have witnessed or has video/dash camera footage of the collisions, and who has not yet spoken with police, to contact the Northumberland OPP Detachment at 1-888-310-1122.
For people who may be affected by these incidents or who witnessed the collisions and wish to speak to victim services, Peterborough-Northumberland Victim Services can be reached at 705-748-0324.
