Investigation continues into collision that killed elderly man in Mono

An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) patch pictured. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby)

An 81-year-old man is dead following a collision in Mono in late May.

Provincial police attended the scene of a single motor vehicle collision on 3rd Line EHS, south of 5th Sideroad in Mono, on May 20.

According to police and first responders, the collision happened in the afternoon hours. A passenger van was towing a small utility trailer when the collision occurred.

The 81-year-old driver suffered severe injuries, police say. He was initially transported to a local hospital before being airlifted to a Toronto-area trauma centre.

On May 22, the driver died hospital as result of his injuries sustained during the collision, Dufferin OPP say.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

Police are asking anyone with information or footage that may have witnessed the collision to reach out to Ontario Provincial Police or Crime Stoppers.