A driver was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Ottawa’s rural east end, the second fatal crash on Ottawa’s roads last night. Ottawa Paramedics Service spokesperson Marc-Antoine Deschamps says emergency crews responded to a single-vehicle crash on Devine Road, between Sand Drive and Frank Kenny Road, around 8 p.m. Deschamps says the vehicle left the road and crashed into a pole. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The Ottawa Police Service continues to investigate. Earlier in the evening, a pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle in Barrhaven. Emergency crews responded to a collision involving a pedestrian on Greenbank Road near Cambrian Road at approximately 6:15 p.m. The pedestrian, an adult male, was pronounced dead at the scene. Deschamps said the man who was driving the vehicle suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital in stable condition. Four fatal crashes in a week Four people have been killed on Ottawa’s roads in the past week. On Oct. 14, a 60-year-old man was struck by a vehicle and killed in Barrhaven. A 78-year-old woman died from her injuries after being struck by a vehicle on Friel Street in Ottawa’s Sandy Hill neighbourhood on Thursday, Oct. 15. There have been 32 traffic-related fatalities on Ottawa roads this year, surpassing the 23 fatalities recorded during all of 2025. With files from CTV News Ottawa’s Adam Beauchemin
