23-year-old dead, 2 seriously injured after crash on Ontario highway

One person is dead and two others were injured after a crash on an Ontario highway, police say.

Ontario Provincial Police said that officers responded to a single-vehicle crash at around 8 a.m. on Tuesday.

It happened on Highway 69 in French River, which is south of Sudbury.

OPP said it involved a passenger vehicle that was heading northbound on Highway 69.

One passenger — since identified as a 23-year-old Barrie resident — died at the scene.

The driver and a second passenger were taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The highway was closed in the area for just under nine hours following the collision.

There’s no word on the cause; an investigation is ongoing.

Lead image via X / @OPP_HSD