Fatal Collision Update - Name Of Deceased Released
Source: OPP
Date: Wed Aug 8 04:14:23 MST 2018
On August 7, 2018 at about 3:45 AM O.P.P officers from the Rideau Lakes Detachment responded to a collision on Highway 15, just north of Portland in Rideau Lakes Township. Investigation revealed that a northbound vehicle and a southbound vehicle collided.
29 year old Monica CHANT of Smiths Falls died as a result of her injuries. The other driver, a 58 year old Kingston man, was taken to hospital in Kingston with non-life threatening injuries.
Highway 15 between County Road 5 and Cedar Valley Road remains closed while members of the OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigation Unit conduct their investigation.