Three men are dead following a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 7 west of Omemee early Saturday evening (June 6).
At around 6 p.m., City of Kawartha Lakes Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and emergency crews were dispatched to the intersection of Highway 7 and Heights Road following reports of a serious collision involving a passenger vehicle and four motorcycles.
The driver of the passenger vehicle, an 18-year-old Peterborough man, and one of the motorcyclists, a 72-year-old Dunchurch man, were both pronounced dead at the scene. Another one of the motorcyclists, a 65-year-old Barrie man, was airlifted with serious injuries to a Toronto-area trauma centre, where he was pronounced dead.
A third motorcyclist, a 30-year-old Sudbury man, was initially transported to Peterborough Regional Health Centre with serious injuries and later transferred to a Toronto-area trauma centre. A fourth motorcyclist, a 36-year-old Sudbury man, was treated and released at the scene.
Highway 7 was closed between Heights Road and Lilac Road for around seven hours while police investigated, documented, and cleared the scene.
The police investigation into the fatal collision is continuing. Anyone with information or dashcam footage related to the incident is asked to contact the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP at 1-888-310-1122. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at ontariocrimestoppers.ca.
