UPDATE: 5 PEOPLE DIE IN FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT SATURDAY NIGHT ON HWY. 60 WEST IN HUNTSVILLE

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com

HUNTSVILLE — Five people are dead after two vehicles collided here late last night on Hwy. 60 West.

Emergency crews responded to the scene near Hidden Valley Road just after 11 p.m. November 25.

OPP received a call reporting a serious collision involving a westbound Mercedes SUV and an eastbound Ford SUV.

The Mercedes contained four individuals between the ages of 15 and 17 from North York and Richmond Hill area.

OPP UPDATE: Three of the four were pronounced dead at the scene, the fourth died in hospital at Huntsville.

OPP UPDATE: The driver of the Ford, a 42-year-old woman from Huntsville, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Highway 60 remained closed for several hours while police investigated, and members trained in collision reconstruction measured and documented the scene.

Police say no further information will be released at this time.

Anyone who may have witnessed or has video/dash camera footage of the collision and has not spoken with police is asked to contact the Huntsville OPP at 1-888-310-1122. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit information online at www.ontariocrimestoppers.ca where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2000.

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Police say this morning that two four teens aged 15 to 17 from the North York and Richmond Hill area died in the Mercedes SUV they were riding in after colliding with another vehicle last night just after 11 p.m. on Hwy. 60 West in Huntsvillve near Hidden Valley Road. The 42-year-old Huntsville driver, of the other vehicle a Ford SUV, died later in a Huntsville hospital.