Car passenger killed in collision

Ottawa police have confirmed that a 78-yearold woman has died after being involved in a serious collision in North Gower on Sunday. According to police, the woman, who has not been identified, was a passenger in a car that struck another vehicle near the intersection of Roger Stevens Drive and McCordick Road. The high-speed collision occurred at around 3:15 p.m. and involved three vehicles. Ottawa paramedics said an 85-year-old man and the 78-year-old woman suffered multisystem trauma and were in critical condition Sunday afternoon. A woman, 45, suffered a neck injury and was in serious condition, while a 20-year-old man was in stable condition with a back injury, paramedics said. An air ambulance took one patient to hospital, and another was taken by ambulance to the Ottawa Trauma Centre. The two other patients were treated at other local hospitals. The intersection, about two kilometres southwest of North Gower’s centre, is controlled by a stop sign on McCordick Road. Police closed Roger Stevens Drive between Malakoff and Fourth Line roads while investigators examined the crash scene.