3 killed in head-on crash west of Carleton Place
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) now say three people were killed in a collision on Highway 7 Tuesday afternoon.
Officers were called to the scene west of Tatlock Road, between Carleton Place and Perth, around 2 p.m., OPP said in a news release issued Wednesday
A 20-year-old driving one of the involved vehicles died at the scene, police said, while one of the passengers, who was 42, died while in hospital.
Later Wednesday, police said a previously unmentioned 29-year-old who was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries had died.
Two people in the other vehicle were seriously injured.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation, police said. They didn't identify the victims.
The crash happened about seven kilometres west of Carleton Place, 25 kilometres north of Perth and 55 kilometres southwest of Ottawa.
