A vehicle sits on its side on Hwy. 3 near St. Thomas after a fatal crash on April 5, 2016. Photo courtesy of the OPP. A vehicle sits on its side on Hwy. 3 near St. Thomas after a fatal crash on April 5, 2016. Photo courtesy of the OPP.
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Police Identify Drivers Involved In Fatal Crash

By Matt Weverink
April 6, 2017 - 12:10pm

Elgin OPP have released the identities of the drivers who died in head-on crash near the St. Thomas Airport.

Police say 17-year-old Samuel Chabot from Malahide Township and 62-year-old Branko Cindric from Central Elgin both died after the pick-up trucks they were driving hit each other head-on on Hwy. 3 at around 3pm Wednesday afternoon.

OPP shut down Talbot Line (Hwy. 3) between Quaker Rd. and Belmont Rd. for several hours after the crash while Technical Traffic Collision Investigators attended the scene.

The investigation is ongoing.

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