Victim in fatal Hespeler Road crash identified as 58-year-old Cambridge man
Victim in fatal Hespeler Road crash identified as 58-year-old Cambridge man
One person is dead after a crash that resulted in the closure of a major Cambridge Road and what police are calling a “large oil/diesel spill.”
Emergency services were called to the crash on Hespeler Road around 4:40 a.m. Tuesday. Police say it involved an SUV and a transport truck.
The driver of the SUV, a 58-year-old man from Cambridge, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Hespeler Road was closed between Guelph Avenue and Kossuth Road for much of the day.
In tweet posted at 1:40 p.m., police said crews were cleaning up a large oil spill as a result of the crash.
The area of Hespeler Road between Kossuth Road and Guelph Ave will remain closed for several more hours for cleanup of a large oil/diesel spill as a result of this morning's collision. Please use alternate routes to avoid the area. @wrpstoday@CTVKitchener@CityNewsKIT@CBCKW891
A previous version of this story identified the deceased as the driver of the SUV. At the time, that had not been confirmed by police. It has now been confirmed by police.
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