2 people killed in Middlesex Centre crash near Delaware

Two people are dead, and another person is fighting for their life in hospital, after a two-vehicle crash in the municipality of Middlesex Centre southwest of London, close to Delaware.

Emergency crews were dispatched to Longwoods Road at 8:40 p.m. Tuesday night where a sedan had collided with a pickup truck, police said.

The driver of the sedan was pronounced dead at the scene. Two occupants from the pickup truck were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, where one of them was later pronounced dead.

The identities of the dead are being withheld pending next-of-kin notifications, police said.

Longwoods Road between Brigham Road and Woodhull Road were closed for some time but have since reopened.