Highway 21 crash claims lives of driver and passenger
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Two people have died after crashing Monday morning in Georgian Bluffs.
According to provincial police, the driver, a 92-year-old from Muskoka Lakes, was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead following the collision on Highway 21.
The passenger, an 85-year-old, also from Muskoka Lakes, was rushed to a trauma centre with serious injuries. On Tuesday, police say the passenger died from injuries sustained in the single-vehicle crash.
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The roundabout at Highway 21 and Bruce Road 10/Grey Bruce Line was closed for the police investigation, which remains ongoing.
Police say the identities of the deceased will not be released "due to the privacy of the family."
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