UPDATE: Fatal Highway 7 collision under investigation near Carleton Place
Posted May 14, 2021 01:27:00 PM.
A fatal collision on Highway 7, east of Carleton Place, is under investigation.
Officers with the Ottawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single-vehicle crash around 5:55 a.m. on Friday, May 14.
Police say a car had left the roadway and struck a guide rail.
The driver, who was alone in the vehicle, was pronounced dead on scene.
The westbound lanes of the highway, between Dwyer Hill Road and Ashton Station Road, were closed until mid-afternoon for the police investigation.
Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to please call the Ottawa OPP detachment at 613-270-9171.
