Police say a vehicle drove onto highway in the wrong direction.
The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating a five-vehicle collision that has left two people dead and two others injured near Ottawa’s western border.
The collision happened on Highway 417 southeast of Arnprior, near the Panmure Road exit, early Sunday afternoon.
OPP told Radio-Canada that they were investigating a vehicle on Panmure Road at about 1 p.m. before the driver turned onto the highway going in the wrong direction.
The driver, a 36-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 62-year-old woman, who was driving one of the other vehicles, also died at the scene, according to a news release from SIU.
Fire officials said one person was trapped inside a vehicle and there were others injured inside another vehicle.
OPP closed the highway between Panmure Road and Kinburn Side Road.
The SIU investigates when someone is killed, seriously injured or makes an allegation of sexual assault involving an Ontario police officer.
They have not shared details on this investigation.
