77-year-old from Guelph dead in Cambridge crash

Waterloo Regional Police Service sticker on cruiser in Kitchener, Ontario. (Andrew Osmond | CityNews)

By Natasha O'Neill

Posted Mar 13, 2026 03:14:28 PM.

Last Updated Mar 13, 2026 05:35:49 PM.

Regional police are investigating a crash that killed a passenger in one of the two vehicles that collided in Cambridge.

Officials said in a press released they were called to the intersection of Maple Grove and Speedsville roads at around 11:40 a.m. Just as the snow started coming down across the region.

A white Hino truck and a silver Subaru hatchback crashed, police described. The Guelph driver in the Subaru, an 81-year-old man, was sent to a local hospital. His passenger, a 77-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the truck, a 50-year-old Kitchener man, had no injuries.

Maple Grove Road between Boxwood Drive and Speedsville Road reopened just after 4:30 Friday afternoon.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage is encouraged to call police at 519-570-9777 extension 8856.

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