Woman dies following a motor vehicle collision

THUNDER BAY -- City police are investigating a motor vehicle collision that left one woman dead in hospital.

Thunder Bay Police Service officers were called to the area of Onion Lake Road near Aintree Avenue Saturday around 7 p.m. for a serious motor vehicle collision.

Officers attended and the roadway was closed to traffic for several hours while an investigation was conducted.

The investigation has revealed that a Hyundia was northbound on Onion Lake Road before leaving the roadway off the east shoulder.

The vehicle struck a concrete curb, a rock and a hydro pole before rolling onto its roof.

Police say there was only one occupant, a 74-year-old woman who was pronounced deceased at the hospital shortly after the collision.

The name of the deceased is not being released at this time at the request of the family.

The investigation is ongoing and the collision investigators are asking that anyone who may have witnessed the collision, and has not already spoken to police, to contact them at 684-1276.