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Norfolk County crash kills 55-year-old, sends another to hospital

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Ontario Provincial Police say one person has died and another person is in hospital following a single-vehicle collision near Simcoe, Ont. on Thursday night.

Officers responded to the crash shortly after 10 p.m. at the intersection of Turkey Point Rd. and McDowell Rd. East, where a pickup truck collided with an unoccupied mini-excavator.

OPP say a 55-year-old person from Otterville, Ont. was pronounced dead at the scene.

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They say another person was taken to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

Police have not released the identity of the deceased.

The intersection was closed for an investigation, but it has since reopened.

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