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One person dead, 5 others in hospital after crash near Cookstown, Ont.

Serious crash on Highway 89 near 5 Sideroad near Cookstown, Ont., on Sat., March 18, 2023. (Courtesy: Michael Chorney/At the Scene Photography). Serious crash on Highway 89 near 5 Sideroad near Cookstown, Ont., on Sat., March 18, 2023. (Courtesy: Michael Chorney/At the Scene Photography).

One person is dead and five others are in hospital after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 89 near Cookstown Saturday morning.

According to OPP, the crash happened around 10 a.m. in the area of Highway 89, west of Veteran's Drive.

Police say a 70-year-old woman from Alliston, a passenger of one of the vehicles, died at the scene.

The driver of that vehicle and a child were transported to a Toronto area hospital, both with life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the second vehicle, along with two children, were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

According to OPP, a stretch of Highway 89 near 5th Sideroad was closed for several hours. It has since reopened.

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