One person is dead and another seriously hurt following a crash southeast of Tillsonburg.
Emergency crews were called to the single-vehicle collision on Turkey Point Road at McDowell Road East around 10:15 p.m. on Thursday. Norfolk OPP determined a pickup truck collided with an unoccupied mini-excavator at the side of the road.
A 55-year-old from Otterville was pronounced dead at the scene. Their name has not been released. A second person was taken to hospital with serious, non-life threatening injuries.
The intersection was closed for several hours while OPP technical collision investigators probed the cause of the collision. It was reopened early Friday morning.
Anyone with information about the collision is asked to call police at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
