(Key River, Canada) – Two people, including an infant, have died after a collision involving a passenger vehicle and a tractor-trailer on Highway 69 north of Key River, Ontario Provincial Police said.

Police responded to the crash at about 8 p.m. on Friday, November 6.

Driver died at the scene

OPP said the 30-year-old driver of the passenger vehicle, a resident of York, Ont., was pronounced dead at the scene.

An infant who was also in the passenger vehicle was taken to hospital by first responders but did not survive, police said. Authorities have not released the victims’ names or stated their relationship.

Cause remains under investigation

Investigators said the tractor-trailer driver did not suffer life-threatening injuries. The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

Source: The Canadian Press via CityNews, November 7, 2026.

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