Crash near Drayton claims life of Moorefield man
MAPLETON - A funeral service was held Monday for a young Moorefield man who tragically lost his life in a traffic accident near Drayton last week.
At around 4:30pm on Nov. 28 emergency crews responded to a collision involving two vehicles on Wellington Road 8, southeast of Drayton.
It was reported that a sedan and pickup truck had collided head-on.
Members of the OPP, Mapleton Fire/Rescue and Guelph Wellington Paramedics Service attended the scene.
The driver of the sedan, Lukas Popovic, 20, of Moorefield, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the pickup truck, a 35-year-old local man, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The road was closed for several hours while technical collision investigators collected evidence.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
The OPP are asking anyone who may have witnessed the collision to call 1-888-310-1122.
A funeral service was held for Popovic on Dec. 3 at Erb and Good Family Funeral Home in Waterloo.
