Police seeking witnesses for fatal head-on collision on Franktown Road near Richmond

Red and blue lights atop an Ottawa police vehicle are seen in this undated file photo.

Ottawa police are seeking witnesses for a Friday evening collision on Franktown Road near Richmond that resulted in the death of a 63-year-old woman.

Ottawa paramedics say it was a head-on collision involving two vehicles and they received the call for the incident at approximately 5:15 p.m. The incident happened on Franktown Road between Joys Road and Conley Road.

According to paramedics, the woman, who was the driver of one of the vehicles, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Paramedics say a man was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and taken to the hospital in stable condition.

Police are asking anyone who witnessed the collision or with dashcam footage of the collision to call the Fatal Collision Investigation Unit at 613-236-1222 ext: 2345.

Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or at crimestoppers.ca.

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