On July 23 at 6:42 PM 2 District (Niagara Falls / Niagara on the Lake) uniform officers from the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) responded to reports of a serious collision in Niagara Falls. 

Officers arrived on scene in the area of Montrose Road south of Koabel Road. The initial investigation determined that a red 2018 Audi and a white 2016 Toyota Tundra pickup truck had collided head on.

Niagara Emergency Medical Services paramedics were assisted by Niagara Falls Fire Service personnel in treating the four injured patients.  The driver of the Audi, a 26-year-old man Mississauga, was found to be in critical condition and needed to be extracted from the wreckage. He was transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries. The passenger of the Audi, a 32-year-old man from Mississauga was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver and passenger of the Toyota, both 31 year old males from Niagara Falls, were treated at the scene and transported to an out of region hospital with serious but believed to be nonlife threatening injuries.

Roads in the area were closed for the investigation and reopened at approximately 2:36am. 

Detectives from the NRPS Collision Reconstruction Unit have been called in to investigate and determine the cause and circumstances leading up to the collision. They are being assisted by detectives from the NRPS Forensic Services Unit. This remains an ongoing investigation.  Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives by calling 905-688-4111 option 3, extension 1008389.

Members of the public who wish to provide information anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara online or by calling 1-800-222-8477.  Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards to persons who contact the program with information which leads to an arrest.

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