Fatal Collision

Source: OPP
Date: Wed Jul 2 06:32:27 MST 2025

(WHEATLEY, ON) � One individual is deceased following a collision in Wheatley.

On June 27, 2025, at approximately 7:45 p.m., members of the Leamington Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Chatham-Kent Fire Department, responded to a single-vehicle collision on Erie Street South in the Municipality of Leamington.

The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle, a 62-year-old from Leamington, was transported to local hospital with life-threatening injuries. On June 28, 2025, the individual succumbed to their injuries.



Erie Street South remained closed for approximately five hours between Hickson Road and Deer Run Road and has since reopened.

Members of the Essex County OPP and the OPP West Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) team continue to investigate the collision.

Anyone with information regarding this incident can contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or online at www.opp.ca/reporting.

Should you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-888-310-1122 (TIPS) where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.

Area OPP

Robert TEMPLETON Arrested At RIDE
95 Year Old Victimized � Leroy FOSTER & Aqeal KISUN-JOHNSON Arrested
22 Year Old Arrested In Brockton
54 Year Old From Kincardine Arrested
BOLO Stolen Ninja
37 Year Old From Kincardine Arrested � Assault With Weapon
Golf Cart Stolen In Huron-Kinloss
Police Attempt To Enforce On Private Property � Cruiser Heavily Damaged #FilmThePolice #FTP
22 Year Old From Hanover Charged Following Collision
Arson In Huron-Kinloss � Keith DIETRICH Arrested
41 Year Old From Huron-Kinloss Arrested
Break & Enter In Mount Forest
Repeat Offender Arrested Following Assault
35 Year Old From South Huron Arrested
Arson Arrest � Ronald EBY
Wiarton Robbery Arrest
57 Year Old From Brockton Arrested
41 Year Old From Listowel Arrested � Details Relased
42 Year Old From Goderich Arrested After Showing Up To Detachment Drunk
27 Year Old From Huron East Arrested #WaitInTheTruck
Stolen Vehicles Recoverd � Jason BESTER Arrested
Child On Inflatable Rescued By Coast Guard
Fatal Collision In Bluewater
43 Year Old From Huron East Arrested
57 Year Old From Goderich Arrested � Details Relased

South Huron











North Huron











Wingham Police Service











© 2015 GFP. All Parties are to be presumed innocent. Note: We archive all police press releases and make them available to the public. If you were listed in press release in error, please contact the police detachment that issued the PR and request a correction. Press releases will not be deleted from our archive. If your charges were dropped, it does not change the historical fact that a PR was issued.