(NORTH PERTH, ON) – A child has died following a motor vehicle collision in the Municipality of North Perth earlier today.
On December 18, 2023 just after 4:00 p.m., the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with Perth County Paramedic Services, and the Perth East Fire Department, responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on Line 71, west of Perth Road 140, North Perth. A passenger vehicle and horse drawn buggy had collided.
The two occupants of the horse drawn buggy were transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. One occupant of the horse drawn buggy, a 13-year-old, was pronounced deceased at hospital. The second occupant, an 8-year-old child, was subsequently transported to a trauma centre. The driver of the passenger vehicle was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The horse also died as a result of the collision.
The investigation is ongoing, and members of the West Region OPP Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) Team are assisting Perth County OPP with the investigation.
The area of Line 71 between Perth Road 140 and Road 146 remains closed for the protection of emergency responders and to facilitate the investigation, and will likely be closed for a number of hours.