Watford Legion to place new markers on veterans’ graves
Petrolia woman dies in rollover on Petrolia Line
May 6, 2016
A Petrolia woman has died in a car accident in St. Clair Township.
Yesterday afternoon, a SUV with five people in it was going west on Petrolia Line near Waubuno Road when the driver lost control and went into the north ditch rolling several times. A woman was thrown from the vehicle. The SUV came to rest in a farmers field.
37-year-old Sandra McKelvie-Brown of Petrolia died at the scene of the accident. Two adults, the 63-year-old driver, a 37-year-old man and two children ages five and one, are begin treated for their injuries.
The OPP are still investigating.
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