FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION
(SOUTH STORMONT,ON) – On October 23, 2017 at 4:30pm Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to the scene of a single vehicle fatal collision on Highway 401 MM 792 (McConnell Avenue – off Ramp), South Stormont Township.
Preliminary investigation has indicated that a passenger vehicle travelling east on Highway 401 left the roadway from the McConnell off ramp causing the car to rollover and come to rest in the median.
The adult male (61) driver of the passenger vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene of the collision.
The identity of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin.
Highway 401 Eastbound – on and off ramps at McConnell Avenue are closed to traffic.
The SD&G OPP officers and OPP Technical Collision Investigators (TCI) and an OPP Reconstructionist are assisting in the investigation.
ROAD CLOSURE: #Hwy401 EB on/ off ramp at McConnell Ave #Cornwall is CLOSED following a collision. Emergency crews remain on scene. ^ag
— OPPCommunicationsER (@OPP_COMM_ER) October 23, 2017