Man dead in collision east of Kemptville
2 other drivers hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries
An 81-year-old man has died and two other people were taken to hospital after a car crash east of Kemptville, Ont., Friday afternoon.
The crash happened on County Road 43 near Van Buren Street just after 5:30 p.m., according to Ontario Provincial Police.
An investigation found an eastbound vehicle crossed the centre line, "sideswiping" a westbound vehicle and "colliding head-on" with another, police wrote in a news release Saturday morning.
The 81-year-old from Kemptville, who was driving the eastbound vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The drivers of the other two vehicles were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
County Road 43 was closed for several hours, reopening shortly after midnight Saturday. It meets Van Buren Street about 44 kilometres south of downtown Ottawa.