One injured in Walpole Island fire
Crash in Plympton-Wyoming kills one person
May 2, 2019
One person is dead after an accident on Oil Heritage Line near the lakeshore.
Lambton OPP say around 9:45 pm last night, police were called to Oil Heritage Line near Douglas Line in Plympton-Wyoming. Police say the vehicle seems to have missed a curve in the road, left the road, went into a ditch and then a wooded area where it struck some trees and caught fire.
The lone person in the vehicle died.
Police closed Oil Heritage Line for about seven hours to investigate. It is now open.
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