Victims identified in head-on crash that killed three people southwest of Ottawa

Ontario Provincial Police have recognized the victims of a head-on crash about 90 kilometres southwest of downtown Ottawa.

The 2-vehicle crash occurred on Christie Lake Street between Glen Tay Street and Bowes Aspect Street in Tay Valley Township at round 11 a.m. Tuesday, OPP stated in a information launch.

The motive force and passenger from one automobile have been pronounced lifeless on the scene. The motive force of the second automobile additionally died and a passenger was hospitalized with severe accidents.

Police recognized the victims Wednesday morning as Tim Shepherd, 40, from Perth, Robert Bremner, 57, from Maberly, and Rose Dixon, 73, from Maberly.

A piece of Christie Lake Street wasclosed between Glen Tay Street and Bowes Aspect Street, however has since reopened.

OPP media relations spokesperson Invoice Dickson advised CTV Information Ottawa’s Nate Vandermeer that the specifics of simply what occurred stay below investigation.

“It’s a horrible state of affairs,” he stated. “We do have our site visitors collision investigators concerned on this, working to find out precisely how this passed off, why this passed off, and we’ll transfer on from there.”

Dickson stated he couldn't speculate on what precipitated the crash, however he stated it solely takes a second for a tragedy to happen.

“It will possibly occur anyplace. All it takes is one second of inattention… a automobile can cross the centre line and the outcomes will be tragic.”

Dickson is asking for any witnesses to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122.