20-year-old dies after crash in Corunna

An Ontario Provincial Police vehicle in snowy weather. (File photo/Supplied/Ontario Provincial Police)

Lambton County OPP say a 20-year-old has died following a single-vehicle crash in Corunna.

On Wednesday at 10:45 p.m., OPP officers, along with St. Clair Township Fire Department and Lambton EMS responded to a report of a collision on Bentinck Street after a passenger vehicle struck a tree.

Police say a 20-year-old individual from Corunna was pronounced dead at the scene.

Bentinck Street was closed between Cameron Street and Moore Street. The road closure remained in place for several hours on Thursday to allow for the investigation. It has since reopened.

Members of the Lambton OPP continue to investigate the collision with the assistance from the OPP West Region Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (TIME) Team.

Lambton OPP is asking anyone who may have witnessed the collision or who may have dash cam footage from the area at the time of the incident to please contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or report anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).