OttawaA 30-year-old from the Montreal area was allegedly impaired by alcohol when their SUV collided with a motorcycle near Cornwall, Ont., Saturday afternoon, killing a father and seriously injuring his son.30-year-old from Montreal area was allegedly impairedCBC News · Posted: Jun 23, 2025 2:58 PM EDT | Last Updated: 32 minutes agoA motorcyclist died and a teenage boy was seriously injured after colliding head-on with an SUV near Cornwall on Saturday, according to Ontario Provincial Police. (Dave Chidley/CBC)Police now allege a 30-year-old from the Montreal area was impaired by alcohol when their SUV collided with a motorcycle near Cornwall, Ont., Saturday afternoon, killing a father and seriously injuring his son.Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said officers from the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry detachment responded to reports of a serious collision on Chapel Road near County Road 18 around 4 p.m.A 47-year-old man from the village of Martintown, Ont., died and a 14-year-old boy who had been on the motorcycle was hospitalized with serious injuries, OPP said in a statement Sunday.The driver of the SUV was arrested.On Monday, OPP announced three charges against that driver: operation of a vehicle causing death, operation of a vehicle causing bodily harm and operation of a vehicle while impaired by alcohol.The accused is a 30-year-old from La Prairie, Que., across the St. Lawrence River from Montreal.That crash occurred less than 24 hours after another fatal motorcycle collision in eastern Ontario, southeast of Chesterville.
SUV driver charged in fatal head-on crash with motorcycle near Cornwall
