Members of the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are currently investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision that shut down Highway 401 west bound traffic for several hours in the Vernonville rd area in Alnwick Haldimand.
On Thursday July 28, 2022 at 3:09 p.m., the Northumberland OPP responded to a motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 401 west bound 2 and Vernonville Rd in Alnwick Haldimand. The collision involved an SUV and a tractor trailer. As a result of the collision, the driver of the SUV, Laureen MITCHELL (age 61) of Campbellford, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Highway 401 west bound remained closed for several hours while OPP Technical Collision Investigators conducted their investigation