Man dead in collision east of Kemptville

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An 81-year-old man has died and two other people were taken to hospital after a car crash east of Kemptville Friday afternoon.

The crash happened on County Road 43 near Van Buren Street just after 5:30 p.m., according to Ontario Provincial Police.

An investigation found an eastbound vehicle crossed the centre line, "sideswiping" a westbound vehicle and "colliding head-on" with another, police wrote in a news release Saturday morning.

The 81-year-old from Kemptville, who was driving eastbound vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. The drivers of the other two vehicles were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.