OPP Road Closed (courtesy of: OPP West Region via Twitter)OPP Road Closed (courtesy of: OPP West Region via Twitter)
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Elderly driver killed in two-vehicle crash near Wiarton

Highway 6 north of Wiarton has reopened after a fatal collision involving a water truck and a passenger vehicle on Thursday morning.

Grey-Bruce OPP say the driver of the passenger vehicle, a 90-year-old from Lions Head, was pronounced dead.

According to police, the truck was fully engulfed when they were called to the scene around 11:30 a.m.

Since then, members from the OPP Technical Collision Investigation team and West Region OPP Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement team have been brought in to assist with the investigation.

As a result, additional road blocks were placed at Bruce Road 9 and Mar Sideroad, Highway 6 and Greig Settlement Road, as well as Red Bay Road and Huron Road.

All of the roads were reopened shortly before 9 p.m.

Anyone who witnesses the crash and can provide information is asked to call police at 1-888-310-1122. 

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