UPDATE – Thursday morning –
UPDATE: 12:30 P.M.
The province’s Special Investigations Unit has invoked its mandate following a collision in Greater Napanee.
Tuesday night, an officer from the Lennox and Addington (L&A) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Bath Road. Shortly after, the vehicle entered the ditch and then into Lake Ontario, where it became submerged.
It is unknown how many occupants were inside the vehicle.
Several resources, including the Prince Edward County OPP Marine Unit, OPP Aviation Services, the OPP East Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement Team, the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit and the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, were deployed and continue efforts to locate any possible occupants.
Highway 33 is currently closed at County Road 21, west of Bath in Greater Napanee, as the on-scene investigation continues (see below for detour routes).
As the SIU has invoked its mandate, the OPP will not be able to provide further information.
UPDATE at 7:50 am
Highway 33 remains closed eastbound at County Road 21 and westbound at County Road 7/Church Street in Greater Napanee. Motorists can detour using County Road 7, County Road 8 and County Road 22 as the closure is expected to be lengthy. Workers at the plant will be allowed to pass though the closure to access the facility. Other members of the public should avoid the area and use the detour routes in place. Officers are on scene to provide further guidance.
ORIGINAL STORY – More information is expected on Wednesday about a crash late Tuesday night that resulted in a vehicle going into the water west of Bath.
Around 11:20 pm, the OPP posted on social media that Highway 33/Bath Road was closed west of Bath to County Road 21.
Emergency crews were responding to a vehicle in the water.
A collision was reported in that same area a few minutes later.
There are no details about injuries.
Highway 33 was closed for several hours west of Bath overnight for the investigation and was still closed on Wednesday morning.
OPP said in an update at 5:40 am that it would likely be closed for several more hours.
