The driver killed in a head-on crash on Hwy. 417 in Ottawa’s east end was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes when the vehicle collided with a second vehicle, according to Ontario Provincial Police.
One person is dead and two other people were transported to hospital with serious injuries following the crash in the westbound lanes of Hwy. 417 at the Aviation Parkway shortly after 3:30 a.m. Thursday. The westbound lanes of the highway reopened just after 12:30 p.m.
Photos from CTV News Ottawa’s Katelyn Wilson show a badly damaged sedan facing eastbound on the highway, while the second vehicle was in the ditch.
OPP Const. Michael Fathi says one of the vehicles involved in the crash was travelling eastbound in the westbound lanes of the highway.
“The investigation is still ongoing,” Fathi said.
Fathi tells CTV News Ottawa that OPP dispatch received 9-1-1 calls reporting a vehicle travelling the wrong way on Hwy. 417 shortly before the crash.
Ontario Provincial Police say a woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 417 at the Aviation Parkway early Thursday morning. (Katelyn Wilson/CTV News Ottawa)
An Ottawa paramedic spokesperson tells CTV Morning Live the driver of one of the vehicles was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two people in the second vehicle were transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The OPP technical collision investigators were still on the scene late Thursday morning. The highway was closed for nine hours before reopening just after 12:30 p.m.
One of the vehicles involved in a two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 417 in Ottawa ended up in the median. Ontario Provincial Police say one of the vehicles involves was travelling eastbound while in the westbound lanes Thursday morning. (Katelyn Wilson/CTV News Ottawa)
With files from CTV News Ottawa’s Katelyn Wilson