Driver killed in head-on collision north of Madoc

One person was killed in a head-on crash between two pickup trucks north of Madoc Sunday afternoon.

The crash happened on Highway 62 a little after 1 p.m., according to Ontario Provincial Police. They’d posted on X about a collision north of Bannockburn Road.

A 74-year-old man from Stirling, north of Belleville, who was driving one of the trucks was pronounced dead at the scene, police wrote in a news release Monday.

A 68-year-old passenger was rushed to hospital with serious injuries, police said, as was a 58-year-old passenger in the other truck

The 64-year-old man who was driving the other truck was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The highway was closed for several hours and police said they continue to investigate.

Madoc is in Centre Hastings, about 40 kilometres north of Belleville.

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