(GEORGIAN BAY TOWNSHIP, ON)  A passenger has succumbed to her injuries and another is being treated in hospital following a collision on Highway 400 earlier today.

On November 5, just after 11:30 am, members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on the northbound lanes of Highway 400 near Crooked Bay Road in the Township of Georgian Bay. Officers arrived to find three females in a severely damaged vehicle that had left the roadway and struck a rock cut.

ORNGE and Simcoe County Paramedics along with Georgian Bay Township Fire Department and performed life-saving measures. Sadly, a 68-year-old female of Sudbury, was pronounced deceased at the scene. A second passenger was transported to a local hospital for treatment of injuries.

Members of the OPP Traffic Collision Investigation (TCI) team attended the scene to assist with the investigation. The investigation is ongoing; however, it is not believed that any other vehicles were involved.

The northbound lanes of Highway 400 were closed for several hours but have since reopened.