1 dead, 3 injured in head-on Highway 417 crash near Arnprior

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Ottawa paramedics say one person was killed and three were injured in a crash on Highway 417 near the Ottawa-Arnprior border on Tuesday. (Jean Delisle/Radio-Canada - image credit)
Ottawa paramedics say one person was killed and three were injured in a crash on Highway 417 near the Ottawa-Arnprior border on Tuesday. (Jean Delisle/Radio-Canada - image credit)

One person is dead and three others are injured following a head-on collision on Highway 417 in rural west Ottawa.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say the crash happened shortly after 9:30 a.m. after a driver travelling east crossed the centre median of the highway and crashed head-on into a westbound vehicle.

Ottawa paramedics confirmed one person was pronounced dead at the scene.

Three others were injured, they said, including a woman in critical condition and a woman and infant each in serious but stable condition.

Highway 417 was closed in both directions from County Road 29 to Kinburn Side Road for the OPP investigation. The highway has reopened in both directions, OPP said in an update late Tuesday afternoon.

The crash happened about 40 kilometres west of downtown Ottawa and 10 kilometres southwest of Arnprior, Ont.