One man dead after car collides with train

Posted Jan 5, 2011 04:50:28 PM.

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SMITHS FALLS, On — One man is dead after a car collided with a train this afternoon.

The OPP say the accident happened around 12:45 Wednesday afternoon near Smiths Falls.

One man was pronounced dead at the scene and another is in a Smiths Falls hospital with not life-threatening head injuries.

Names are not being released until next of kin have been notified.

Wood Road in Montague Township remains closed because of the accident. It is expected to reopen around 7 p.m.

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