A 66-year-old Peterborough woman is dead following a single-vehicle collision on Bensfort Road south of Peterborough on Tuesday afternoon (July 29).
At around 2:45 p.m., Peterborough County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with the Otonabee-South-Monaghan fire department and emergency medical services were dispatched to a serious single-vehicle collision on Bensfort Road near Base Line.
After arriving, officers found a single vehicle in a ditch. The vehicle had collided with a hydro pole, resulting in power lines being downed.
A Hydro One crew arrived to deal with the downed hydro wires, allowing first responders to access the vehicle.
The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 66-year-old woman from Peterborough, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Bensfort Road was closed between Base Line and Assumption Road for around 14 hours while emergency crews dealt with the collision and police documented the scene.
