2 dead following three-vehicle collision in Stoney Creek Sunday
A driver and passenger are dead following a three-vehicle collision in Hamilton's Stoney Creek area early Sunday, police say.
Shortly after midnight, officers responded to a collision on Upper Centennial Parkway between Mud Street E. and Green Mountain Road, Hamilton Police Service said in a news release Sunday.
According to police, a Ford pick-up truck travelling south collided with a Chevrolet pick-up truck also going south. The driver of the Ford then struck a Kia travelling north head-on.
The Kia's driver and passenger were pronounced dead on the scene. The Ford driver went to hospital with "non-life threatening injuries" while the Chevrolet driver was uninjured, police said.
Early Sunday, police said the road would be closed for several hours while they investigated. By about 9:50 a.m., it re-opened.
The police's collision reconstruction team ask any witnesses to come forward, and request that people with dashcam or security-camera footage share that with them.
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