The Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal collision.  

On November 21, 2023, at approximately 8:20 p.m., members of the Hawkesbury detachment, Prescott-Russell Paramedic Services and the Hawkesbury Fire Department responded to a collision involving two motor vehicles on County Road 17 near Golf Road in East Hawkesbury.

The driver of one of the vehicles, a 39-year-old male from Hawkesbury, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The other driver was transported to hospital with serious but non life-threatening injuries.

The collision remains under investigation with assistance from the OPP Technical Collision Investigators (TCI) and a Reconstructionist.