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Driver killed in crash near Casselman

Gaetan Jodoin, 69, died Sunday after his vehicle left the road near Casselman, Ont.,  OPP say. (CBC - image credit)
Gaetan Jodoin, 69, died Sunday after his vehicle left the road near Casselman, Ont., OPP say. (CBC - image credit)

A Casselman, Ont., man is dead after crashing into the woods east of Ottawa Sunday morning.

Ontario Provincial Police were called to the single-vehicle collision on Route 500 W. near Benoit Side Road in The Nation Township shortly after 11:45 a.m.

An officer performed first aid on the man, but he was declared dead at the scene.

He has been identified as 69-year-old Gaetan Jodoin.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.