Ajax man, 97, dead after U-turn collision in Pickering: police
A 97-year-old Ajax man died in hospital Tuesday after a collision in Pickering sent him to hospital last week, Durham Regional Police say.
In a news release Wednesday, investigators said officers responded to a collision on Taunton Road near William Jackson Drive on May 29.
Police say a driver, travelling east in a Honda CRV, attempted to make a U-turn into a westbound lane when it collided with an oncoming Mercedes.
The driver and three passengers of the Honda were treated for injuries and transported to hospital, police said. The driver of the Mercedes was not injured, police added.
The 97-year-old man, who was a passenger in the Honda, died from his injuries on Tuesday, police said.
Police are asking anyone with information or footage of the collision to contact investigators.