There were no injuries after a transport truck struck a pickup truck before slamming into a antique Store in Morganston, north of Colborne on Monday, January 19, 2026.
At approximately 12:10 p.m. emergency services were notified of a collision involving a transport truck and a pickup truck at the intersection of County Road 25 and County Road 27 in Cramahe Township.
After the impact with the pickup truck, the transport collided with a building.
Matt McComb was driving the pickup south along County Road 25 with a passenger heading home to Castleton and was approaching the intersection in Morganston.
McComb said he believes the transport “ran the stop sign and unfortunately we didn’t have time to stop and collided with the truck.”
“At the last second we saw that it wasn’t stopping and braced for impact.”
The front of the pickup truck was heavily damaged along with the drivers side. Both occupants had their seatbelts on and the air bags were deployed.
“Luckily we’re both fine – likely we’ll be sore tomorrow.”
After the impact with the pickup the transport ran into the northeast corner of Ray Cobbing Antiques on County Road 25.
Cobbing spoke to Today’s Northumberland shortly after the collision and said he was in the summer kitchen which is his house, that is attached to his antique store.
“I was reading a book when I heard a great big thump.”
With the amount of snow we’ve been getting, at first he thought it was snow coming off the roof.
“But I came out and saw something a little different.”
Living in Morganston since 1977, Cobbing said the area has been the scene of many collisions.
There are stop signs on County Road 27 which goes east and west, but there are no stop signs which go north and south.
“People come across here (County Road 27) and never stop.”
“We’ve had so many accidents on this corner – it’s horrendous.”
In the summertime Cobbing sits on the front porch of the store and almost had a premonition of what would happen.
“If anyone comes down here (pointing north to County Road 25) and comes right through (going west on County Road 27) I’m dust.”
Damage estimates aren’t known, but Cobbing said he hopes the 140 years building can be saved.”
While being interviewed with the OPEN sign in the background, Cobbing took a moment to turn it around.
“I guess we’re closed now.”
One item on the porch that got tossed around was a antique children’s tricycle.
Cobbing said a person was coming to look at it, but due to the roads being closed following the collision they couldn’t get to the store.
“No one was hurt – thank God,” he said looking over the damage to the building.
“It’s a grand old place.”
Heavy tow trucks were called in to remove the trailer, but the cab remained until there building was braced to prevent collapse.
Luckily a expensive oil painting survived the impact, but it appeared amongst the damaged area of the store.
Author: Pete Fisher
Has been a photojournalist for over 30-years and have been honoured to win numerous awards for photography and writing over the years. Best selling author for the book Highway of Heroes - True Patriot Love
