Crash victim identified
Posted Sep 20, 2010 10:25:57 AM.
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Cambridge OPP have released the name of the person killed in a crash on Highway 401 last Monday morning near Towline road.
Police say 71-year old Kalman Nemeth of London, Ontario died when his car was rear-ended by an eastbound tractor-trailer, and burst into flames.
The crash occurred at 3:47am on Monday morning. OPP Sgt. Dave Woodford told 570 News the force of the impact was so great the truck crashed up onto the back of the car, and both vehicles continued down the highway some 200 metres to the far side of the station.
The vehicles burst into flame at some point, obliterating both the car and the truck cab.
Nemeth, the driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene, but Woodford said at the time that the damage was so severe couldn’t even make out the licence plates of the car to get an ID on who might have been driving.
The driver of the cab managed to get out of his cab without injury, and the chickens he was hauling are all fine.
OPP closed the highway, except for one lane to ease congestion, until 10:30am on the morning of the crash.
