North Bay-area motorist who drove ‘erratically’ before crash dies from their injuries
OPP in this undated file image.
A 51-year-old driver who crashed their vehicle on Highway 63 earlier this month has died of their injuries.
The collision took place Feb. 4 just after 4 p.m. North Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received “several traffic complaints about a driver who was driving erratically through the area,” police said in a news release Tuesday.
“The vehicle was located by the OPP after it was involved in a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 63 in French Township.”
The driver, who was from Keswick, Ont., was taken to hospital with “life-altering injuries” and died from their injuries this week, police said.
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