Oshawa man killed in head-on crash north of Port Perry
Durham Regional Road 2 was shut down for hours
Transport truck, passenger vehicle collide head-on north of Port Perry Chris Hall / Metroland
SCUGOG -- Durham police placed a tarp over a passenger vehicle that was involved in a head-on collision with a tanker truck just north of Harper Road on Simcoe Street. The accident took place around 11:45 a.m. on July 11. A stretch of Simcoe Street between Whitfield Road and Scugog Line 12 has been closed to traffic to allow police to investigate the crash. July 11, 2016.
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Port Perry Star
By Chris Hall
DURHAM -- A 66-year-old Oshawa man was killed after a head-on collision involving a tanker truck and passenger vehicle in Port Perry Monday.
A long stretch of Simcoe Street north of Port Perry was closed near the Harper Road intersection as Durham Regional Police investigated the accident, which happened at about 11:45 a.m. on July 11.
Brian Richardson was pronounced dead at the scene.
A heavily damaged passenger vehicle was in the west ditch and a large tanker truck came to a rest in the east ditch. Police have covered the passenger vehicle with a yellow tarp.
The roadway at the crash site was littered with debris and skidmarks.
A witness in a vehicle following the northbound tanker truck said that the driver of the passenger vehicle was traveling southbound at a high rate of speed and passing other vehicles when he slammed head-on into the large truck.
Simcoe Street was closed for most of the day while the road was repaired.