3:15 p.m. OPP update
On Aug. 2, 2018 the Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Oro Medonte Fire and Emergency Services, County of Simcoe Paramedic Services (CSPS), and Air Ambulance (ORNGE) were dispatched to a serious motor vehicle collision on Oro-Medonte Line 9 South of Ridge Road East.
At approximately 6:05 a.m., a station wagon and an sport utility vehicle collided resulting in a male sustaining fatal injuries. The deceased is Michael Sampson, age 41 of Oro-Medonte Township. OPP Central Region Technical Traffic Collision Investigators (TTCI) were also summoned to the scene to assist with the investigation. A post mortem examination of the deceased is to be conducted.
Information will only be released as it becomes available.
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Original information
One person was killed today in an early-morning crash in Oro-Medonte Township.
Police cannot yet provide details about the gender or age of the victim, but said the person was killed when two cars collided on Line 9 between Ridge Road and Lakeshore Road East.
“It was a two-vehicle collision that occurred at around 6 a.m. this morning,” said OPP Sgt. Peter Leon. “One person was pronounced deceased at the scene.”
Leon said Air Ornge was called, but he could not confirm if the helicopter attended the scene or took someone to the hospital.
He said the OPP’s Technical Collision Investigators are assisting Orillia OPP with the investigation. As a result, the road remains closed; it’s expected to be closed for several hours.
“Regrettably, at this time, we don’t have any further details,” said Leon.
