Police identify man killed in Highway 8 crash

Head-on crash on Highway 8 kills one person From CTV Kitchener’s Marta Czurylowicz: A portion of Highway 8 is closed after a head-on collision that killed one man.

One person is dead after a collision on Highway 8 in Perth County.

Police say two vehicles collided east of Stratford around 8 a.m. on Tuesday.

They say an eastbound sedan lost control and was hit by a westbound pickup truck.

Police say the driver of the sedan, a 44-year-old man, was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

On Nov. 22, he was identified as David Torbet of Stratford.

The man in the pickup truck, a 68-year-old, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The cause of the collision is under investigation, but police did say that weather was a factor.

A portion of Highway 8 was closed while police investigated.

As of 4:23 p.m. on Thursday, the cause of the collision was still being investigated.