

Vidya Kauri, CP24.com





A 38-year-old Markham woman is dead after her attempt to swerve around a cyclist in Durham Region resulted in a head-on collision with another vehicle, according to the Ontario Provincial Police.

The crash occurred just after 5 a.m. on Highway 7/12 in the Township of Scugog., south of Port Perry.

OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the woman, identified as Sutharsani Sathyamoorthy, was driving north in her SUV but drove into the southbound lanes to go around a cyclist who was also going north. That’s when the SUV hit a delivery truck resulting in fatal injuries to the woman.

The condition of the delivery truck driver is not known.

The highway will remain closed for about three or four hours while police investigate.

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