OPP INVESTIGATING FATAL COLLISION NEAR PETERBOROUGH
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(CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, ON) - Members of the City Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a fatal collision on Highway 7 in Fowlers Corners, near Peterborough.
On Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at approximately 6:15 am, City of Kawartha Lakes OPP officers responded to a two-vehicle collision involving a pickup truck hauling a trailer and a SUV on Highway 7, west of Emily Park Road.
As a result of the collision, the driver and lone occupant of the SUV, a 57-year-old female from Peterborough was pronounced deceased at the scene. No injuries were reported for the driver or passenger of the pick up truck.
The investigation remains ongoing with assistance from the OPP Technical Collision Investigators and Reconstructionist. Highway 7 was closed in both directions between Frank Hill Road and Emily Park Road for several hours while emergency crews and investigators were on scene, but it has since reopened.