GOSTICK o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.collingwood.the_connection 2003-10-24 published
Highway crash claims two lives
Two Thornbury-area men are dead and four others seriously injured,
after a two vehicle collision occurred this past stormy Monday
night.
The Collingwood Blue Mountains Ontario Provincial Police said
shortly before 9 p.m., they believe a 1977 Chevrolet Nova crossed
the centre line of Highway 26 west of Craigleith, before colliding
head-on with a 1999 Dodge Caravan.
The driver of the Nova 33-year-old Trevor
SQUANCE of Thornbury,
and his passenger, James
SIMONEK, 42, also of Thornbury, died
at the scene.
The
Caravan's driver, 39-year-old Colleen
MORRISON of the Town
of the Blue Mountains, and passengers Allan Paul
INGLESON, 50,
Evan GOSTICK, 15, and Travis
GOSTICK, were taken from the scene
to the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital by ambulance.
Evan GOSTICK was later transferred to St. Michael's Hospital
in Toronto, while Travis, 13, was taken to The Hospital for Sick
Children, also in Toronto.
The Ontario Provincial Police said that part of the wreckage
from the crash landed in a nearby ditch, cutting a natural gas
line.
The residents of a nearby home were evacuated for a short time,
as a precaution, until a gas company crew capped the severed
line.
The Town of the Blue Mountains Fire Department responded to assist
with the removal of the victims and stood by, while the gas leak
was capped.
Autopsies on both
SQUANCE and
SIMONEK were scheduled for Tuesday
afternoon. Results have not yet been made public.
Police say crash scene investigators are trying to determine
if speed or alcohol were contributing factors in the collision.
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or who has information
about the collision, is asked to call the Collingwood-Blue Mountains
Ontario Provincial Police detachment at 445-4321.
- Staff, Page 1
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