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Police identify victim of a crash near Bayfield

Huron OPP identified a man killed in a two-vehicle collision north of Bayfield on Friday.

Police say Rodwyn Sykes, 91, of Goderich was driving a sedan northbound on Orchard Line when the vehicle came to a stop at the intersection of Cut Line Road around 2 p.m.

The sedan then entered the intersection and was hit by an eastbound minivan.

Sykes was rushed to hospital and then airlifted to a regional hospital but later died of his injuries.

The driver of the minivan was treated in hospital for minor injuries and later released.

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