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Provincial police are investigating a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning that left a 19-year-old driver deceased and a passenger with non-life-threatening injuries.
Officers from OPP’s Leeds County detachment were called to the scene just after 3 a.m.
The officers had received reports of a vehicle in the ditch on Country Road 8, a few kilometres east of Hwy. 15.
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The driver was a 19-year-old man from Mallorytown and the passenger was a 17-year-old man from Brockville.
The cause of the collision is still undetermined, police said.
The OPP is being assisted by a number of crash investigation experts as well the Chief Coroner’s office and the Office of Forensic Pathology.
County Road 8 remains closed between Harlem Road and Hughs Road, and will be re-opened once the on-scene investigation completes.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or has relevant dashcam video, contact Leeds County OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at ontariocrimestoppers.ca.
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