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Trent Lakes, Ont., man dies in collision involving tow truck

One man is dead after a collision involving a tow truck and a pickup truck in the City of Kawartha Lakes near Kirkfield on Monday afternoon. CHEX News

A Trent Lakes, Ont., man is dead following a two vehicle collision in the City of Kawartha Lakes on Monday afternoon.

OPP and emergency services responded around 12:30 p.m. to the collision on Kirkfield Road involving a pickup truck and a CAA flat bed tow truck, just north of the community of Kirkfield.

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Police say the driver of the pickup was pronounced dead at the scene. He has been identifed as Daryl Beckford, 26.

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“The second driver was transported to hospital with minor injuries,” police said.

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The OPP’s Technical Collision Investigators (TCI) attended the scene to assist. Kirkfield Road was closed between Centennial Park and Brechin roads until 5 p.m. as police investigated.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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