Crash claims life of Fergus man

A Centre Wellington man is dead following a three-vehicle accident on Highway 6 on Oct. 10.

At approximately 6:50am Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call regarding a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 6 approximately one kilometre north of Wellington Road 22 in Centre Wellington (formerly Nichol Township).

Officers attended the scene along with the Centre Wellington Fire and Rescue and Guelph-Wellington Emergency Services (EMS) and determined three motor vehicles were involved in a head-on collision.

One of the drivers involved in the collision, James Pronk,  48, of Fergus was transported to Groves Memorial Hospital in Fergus where he succumbed to his injuries.

A second driver, aged 74 of former Nichol Township, was transported to Guelph General Hospital and later transferred to Hamilton General Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The third driver, a 19-year-old male from Fergus, was not injured.

Wellington County OPP officers assisted by Wellington OPP Technical Collision Investigators and Highway Safety Division Reconstructionists investigated the collision.

 

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