81-year-old Kemptville man killed in collision on County Road 43

A multi-vehicle collision near Kemptville has left one person deceased and two others with injuries.

OPP say in a social media post that the collision happened on, Friday, Jan. 17, just after 5:30 p.m., on County Road 43 near Van Buren Street. An eastbound vehicle crossed the centre line, sideswiping one westbound vehicle and colliding head-on with a second westbound vehicle. The driver of the eastbound vehicle, an 81-year-old man from Kemptville, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The drivers of the other two vehicles were transported to hospital by the Leeds Grenville Paramedic Service with non-life-threatening injuries. County Road 43 remained closed until shortly after midnight for the on-scene investigation by Grenville OPP, with assistance from OPP Collision Reconstructionists and Technical Collision Investigation Team members.