Alcohol is believed to have been a factor in a wrong-way, head-on crash on Highway 418 that killed two people last weekend, police say.
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Schmidt said the driver of the wrong-way vehicle, a 41-year-old woman from Curtis, Ont., died at the scene.After the initial head-on crash, another vehicle heading north collided with the initial two vehicles that were stopped, Schmidt said.‘Friends’ cast shares statement on Matthew Perry’s death: ‘We are a family’“The roads were dry, the sky was clear.
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