Woman, 24, dead after crash that led to wild OPP chase in London area
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A 24-year-old woman is dead, and two men are in custody, after a crash in a First Nations community southwest of London that resulted in a multi-county flight from police involving several stolen vehicles.
Police were called to a crash on Jubilee Road, near Dodem Way, in Munsee-Delaware Nation at about 5:30 a.m. Saturday, Middlesex OPP Sgt. Ryan Griffith said.
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Officers arriving at the scene found a badly injured 24-year-old woman by the vehicle and started CPR, Griffith said. She was rushed to hospital in Strathroy where she succumbed to her injuries.
Two men in the vehicle, which had been stolen from London, ran from the scene of the crash, Griffith said.
The suspects stole a vehicle down the road from the crash site, he said. They drove to a nearby home and one suspect was left there, Griffith said.
OPP investigators were seen at two locations on Muncey Road on Saturday morning, including one officer who was collecting two items of clothing at the roadside.
One suspect was arrested, Griffith said.
The other “left and was involved in a collision,” Griffith said.
“He left and crashed in Oxford County. He then left the vehicle, stole another vehicle then crashed in Brant County,” Griffith said.
The suspect was arrested in Brant County with the assistance of a canine unit and police helicopter after attempting to break into another home, he said.
Middlesex OPP warned the public on Saturday morning to avoid parts of Munsee-Delaware Nation, located southeast of Melbourne, as they investigated what they deemed a suspicious death.
Members of the OPP collision reconstruction team and forensic identification team remained at the scene as of noon Saturday. They were seen taking pictures of a beige pickup truck in the south ditch of Jubilee Road between Dodem Way and Thomigo Road.
The section of Jubilee Road was expected to remain closed for several hours for the police investigation, Griffith said Saturday morning.
The identity of the deceased was not released by police. A post-mortem will take place this weekend, Griffith said.
The two suspects will face several charges, Griffith said. Both parties were on prior release orders and will face fail-to-comply charges, he said.
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