(Photo by OPP from Twitter)(Photo by OPP from Twitter)
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UPDATE: Fatal crash closes section of Highway 86

Provincial police closed a section of Highway 86 after a collision claimed the life of one person and seriously injured two others.

Callers to the CKNXNewsToday.ca newsroom say a collision occured Tuesday afternoon on Highway 86 near the Country Sisters restaurant.

According to OPP two vehicles, a grey sedan and a grey SUV, collided, which left three people seriously injured.

The driver of the SUV, a 66-year-old from Elmira, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The passenger inside the sedan, a 67-year-old from North Perth, was air lifted to hospital, while the driver of the sedan, a 66-year-old North Perth resident, was sadly pronounced dead on scene.

OPP have closed Highway 86 between Perth Road 116 and Perth Road 121. It remains closed as of 8 p.m. Tuesday. It's not yet known when it will be reopened.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call OPP.

https://twitter.com/OPP_WR/status/1666231321012609024

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