(ADELAIDE METCALFE, ON) – On Thursday, June 19, 2014, at approximately 9:40 p.m. members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Adelaide Metcalfe Fire Department, the Strathroy-Caradoc Fire Department, Middlesex-London Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Hydro One, responded to a single motor vehicle crash on Napperton Drive in the Municipality of Adelaide Metcalfe, ON.
As a result of the police investigation, it was determined that a 2000 Lincoln car was travelling eastbound on Napperton Drive. For unknown reasons, the car left the roadway, rolled over, and struck a hydro pole in the south ditch.
The 29 year old male driver from Strathroy Caradoc, ON, Jeffrey DAY, was trapped and had to be extricated from the vehicle. He was transported to a local hospital with life threatening injuries. He remains in hospital in critical condition.
The 27 year old female passenger from Strathroy Caradoc, ON, Michelle DAY, died in the crash, and was pronounced at the scene.
Hydro was out in the area but it has been restored.
OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators (TTCI) were deployed to the scene to assist with the investigation.
A section of Napperton Drive between Kerwood Road and Brown Road was closed for the police investigation, but it has since been reopened.
The investigation is continuing.