A crash involving an off-road vehicle in North Perth last night has left one person dead.
Around 11:30 p.m., the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with Perth County Paramedic Services, and the North Perth Fire Department, responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on Line 72, east of Perth Road 158, North Perth.
The crash involved a passenger vehicle and an off-road vehicle that collided.
One occupant of the off-road vehicle, a 70-year-old from Toronto, was pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver of the passenger vehicle was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigation is ongoing.
The area of Perth Line 72 between Perth Road 158 and Road 154 remains closed for the protection of emergency responders and to facilitate the investigation, and will likely be closed for a number of hours.
