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FROM/DE:   Lanark County Detachment                            DATE:  September 1, 2010

 

 

 

UPDATE - Woman Fatally Injured in Collision

 

 

(TAY VALLEY, ON) – On August 31, 2010 at approximately 4:00 pm, Lanark County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision. The collision occurred on Fallbrook Road approximately 3 km south of the Village of Fallbrook.

 

A Toyota Corolla was travelling northbound on Fallbrook road and while on a curve; it went onto the shoulder on the right side of the road, lost control, went across the road into the opposite ditch and rolled over.  The road conditions were wet at the time.

 

The driver was extricated by the Bathurst, Burgess, Drummond and Elmsley (BBD&E) Fire Department and was transported by ambulance to the Perth Hospital.  The driver was later transported by air ambulance to the Ottawa Civic Hospital where she was pronounced deceased.  The driver has been identified as 78 year old Shirley MCLEOD of Montague Township.

 

Fallbrook road was closed for several hours while Technical Traffic Collision Investigators (TTCI) investigated the collision.  Fallbrook road was reopened late last night.

 

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Contact: Constable Sean Trahan

                Community Services Officer / Lanark/Frontenac Media Relations

      Lanark County OPP

 

Phone:  613-257-5610

 

           

 

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