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OPP said an SUV and a pickup truck collided on Highway 37 around 11 a.m. Wednesday. The truck rolled into a ditch, trapping one person who was pronounced dead at the scene.
OPP say pickup truck rolled into ditch, trapping victim
One person is dead after a collision on Highway 37 at Boundary Road outside Belleville, Ont.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said a sport utility vehicle and a pickup truck collided around 11 a.m. Wednesday. The pickup truck rolled into a ditch, trapping one person who was pronounced dead at the scene.
A second person was transported to hospital, paramedics said.
A paramedic spokesperson described the ditch as a “marshy puddle” containing a “couple of feet” of water at its deepest. Neither police nor paramedics would comment on the cause of death, including whether the victim drowned.
The highway remains closed in both direction while OPP investigate.