(BLANDFORD BLENHEIM TOWNSHIP, ON) - On Sunday, June 17, 2018 at approximately 3:28 p.m., emergency services responded to a two vehicle collision between a transport truck and a car at Oxford Road 29 and Oxford Road 22, in Blandford Blenheim Township, Oxford County.
The transport truck which was hauling a B-train (two trailers), was travelling eastbound on Oxford Road 29, when it was struck by the car which was travelling southbound on Oxford Road 22. The transport truck and trailers left the roadway and flipped over. The intersection at the collision scene is controlled by stop signs for north and southbound traffic on Oxford Road 22.
As a result of the collision, the adult male driver of the car was airlifted to hospital with life threatening injuries. He was pronounced deceased at the hospital later this evening. The identity of the deceased is being withheld at this time pending notification of next of kin.
The adult male driver of the transport truck was transported to area hospital with minor injuries.
Blandford Blenheim Township Fire Department, Oxford County Paramedics, and ORNGE Air assisted at the scene. The roadway was closed for several hours to allow the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Technical Collision Investigators to process the scene of the collision.
The incident remains under investigation by the Oxford County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).