60 Year Welland Man Dies in Fatal Crash on the 401

Friday, 15 February 2019 at 13:45

Police have identified the driver who died in the multi vehicle crash on the 401 at Oxford Road 6 on Wednesday.

WOODSTOCK - Police have identified the man who died in the multi vehicle crash on the 401 at Oxford Road 6.

60 year old Mark Barnartt was pronounced deceased at the scene. One other person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries from the crash. Barnartt was part of the first multi vehicle collision on the 401 on Wednesday.

Several minutes later, two additional multi motor vehicle collisions occurred in the westbound lanes of King's Highway 401, east of the initial collision scene. The two subsequent collisions involved approximately 27 motor vehicles. Minor injuries were reported at both separate collisions, which occurred just west of Sweaburg Road.

OPP West Region Technical Collision Investigators (TCI) are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding each of the collisions.

OPP are urging any witnesses to the collision who have not yet spoke to police to call in and report what they saw. Also for anyone who may have potential evidence including dashboard cameras, to review your footage and please report this information to police. Anyone with information is asked to contact Oxford OPP - Ingersoll office at 519-485-6554.

Also anyone with information regarding the collisions can contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or www.oxfordcrimestoppers.com where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.

You can read a complete timeline of the events from Wednesday online here.

#OxfordOPP Update- Fatal collision on Hwy 401 @SWOX123. OPP seeking witnesses who have not yet spoken to police or may have dashcam footage involving the multi vehicle collisions on Feburary 13, 2019. Contact Oxford OPP @ 519-485-6554 or 1-888-310-1122 ^sc pic.twitter.com/VgUjd2GWNH
— OPP West (@OPP_WR) February 15, 2019