Queens District RCMP is investigating a fatal two vehicle head-on collision that occurred on Route 9 (Colville Road) in Hampshire involving an SUV and a pick-up truck.
December 15, 2024, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Queens District RCMP, North River Fire Department and Island EMS responded to a two vehicle head-on collision on Route 9 (Colville Road) in Hampshire. RCMP officers learned that it would appear an SUV crossed the centre line and collided with a pick-up truck.
The driver and lone occupant of the SUV, a 47-year-old Queens County woman was pronounced deceased while being transported to the hospital. A youth from the truck suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, and a woman from the truck also suffered non-life-threatening injuries; no one else was seriously injured in this collision.
An RCMP collision reconstructionist attended and the investigation is ongoing.
Route 9 was closed for several hours but has since reopened.
Our thoughts are with the victims' families at this difficult time.