A 28-year-old West Perth man has died after a two-vehicle collision on the 401 near Chatham on Wednesday afternoon.
OPP say James Baillie passed away from injuries sustained in the crash with a tractor trailer in the eastbound lanes of the 401, east of Bloomfield Road.
Baillie was the lone occupant of his vehicle and was initially transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The driver of the tractor trailer was not injured.
The OPP are investigating the collission and ask anyone with information to contact OPP or the Chatham-Kent Police.
Any person with information regarding this collision is asked to contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122 or the Chatham-Kent detachment at (519) 352-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222 – 8477 (TIPS) or leave an anonymous online message at www.helpsolvecrime.com where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2000.
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