Vehicle involved in fatal crash at Hwy. 401 and Wellington Rd., January 4, 2016. (Photo by Miranda Chant, Blackburn News.)Vehicle involved in fatal crash at Hwy. 401 and Wellington Rd., January 4, 2016. (Photo by Miranda Chant, Blackburn News.)
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Police Identify Woman Killed In Off-Ramp Crash

Middlesex OPP have released the name of the 51-year-old woman killed in a single-vehicle crash on a Hwy. 401 off-ramp.

Katherine Schmidt of London was fatally injured when the SUV she was riding in crashed on the eastbound off-ramp to Wellington Rd. around 12:20pm on Wednesday.

Schmidt was rushed to hospital where she later died from her injuries.

The driver of the vehicle, 56-year-old James Schmidt of London, remains in hospital in critical condition.

The Wellington Rd. off-ramp was closed for several hours as the OPP Technical Collision Investigation Unit investigated the cause of the crash. The investigation is on-going.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 1-888-310-1122.

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