Mother and son deceased in motor vehicle collision on Battersea Road

On Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at approximately 5:27 pm officers of the Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with South Frontenac Township Fire and Rescue and Frontenac Paramedic Services responded to a motor vehicle collision that occurred on Battersea Road approximately 1 kilometer north of Sunbury Road in Inverary, South Frontenac Township.

The collision involved a Ford Windstar van, which was travelling northbound on Battersea Road and a Chevy pick-up truck travelling southbound.

The driver of the Ford Windstar, a 37-year-old female from Battersea, Brenda Trautrimas, along with her 6-year-old son Owen Trautimas were pronounced deceased at the scene. A second young child in the min-van had to be extricated by fire services and was transported to hospital with serious life-threatening injuries. Next of kin have been notified.

The driver of the pick-up truck was also taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The investigation is ongoing.