Fatal crash at McNaughton Avenue and Wallace Street in Wallaceburg

Chatham-Kent Police Service officials allege: Last night around 9:55 p.m. emergency personnel responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on McNaughton Ave at Wallace Street in Wallaceburg.

The collision involved a car and a semi tanker truck.  

The driver, a 23-year-old Wallaceburg woman was driving a vehicle containing four other occupants on Wallace Street in Wallaceburg.

The vehicle entered onto McNaughton Avenue and struck a tractor trailer which was northbound on McNaughton Avenue.

The driver, along with a 24-year-old Wallaceburg man and a 24-year-old Wallaceburg woman, who were passengers, sustained fatal injuries and were pronounced deceased at the scene.

A 25-year-old Dover Township woman, who was a passenger in the vehicle sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to a London hospital in critical condition.

The fourth passenger, a 22-year-old Wallaceburg woman, sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported via ambulance to the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. 

The driver of the tractor trailer sustained minor injuries and was transported via ambulance to the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance.

The Traffic Management Unit has taken over the investigation. 

Anyone with information is asked to contact Constable Josh Flikweert at joshuaf@chatham-kent.ca or 519-355-1092.

We’ll provide more details when they become available.

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