2 major crashes in 14 hours in eastern Renfrew County
1 killed Thursday near Arnprior, 1 critically injured Friday near Renfrew
Renfrew County OPP say there have been two major crashes on the Trans-Canada Highway roughly 25 kilometres and 14 hours apart.
The first was on Highway 417 around Campbell Drive just west of Arnprior, according to Const. Brianna Babin.
Emergency crews were called to a single-vehicle crash around 4:30 p.m. A 31-year-old Ottawa man was declared dead at the scene. The victim's name hasn't been released.
The highway's eastbound lanes were closed for hours but had reopened by 9:30 p.m., police said.
Here's the view approaching Campbell Drive as motorists exit the eastbound 417. <a href="https://t.co/1l75KcRFbD">pic.twitter.com/1l75KcRFbD</a>
—@OPP_ERThe second crash involved a car and tractor-trailer at Highway 17 and Storyland Road, Babin said. The car's driver, who Babin said was alone in the vehicle, was taken to the Renfrew hospital in life-threatening condition.
Renfrew County paramedics said they were then taken by air ambulance to Ottawa. Babin said the truck driver was not taken to hospital.
The province says the highway is closed in both directions from Godfrey Road to Bruce Street in Renfrew and are asking drivers to use those two access points to detour onto Highway 60.
With files from Joseph Tunney