A 24-year-old man is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Thorold early Saturday morning, Niagara Regional Police say.
Officers from the service's 1 District, which covers St. Catharines and Thorold, were called to the intersection of Merrittville Highway and Seburn Road at approximately 2:48 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, according to the Niagara Regional Police Service.
Police say responding officers found a pick-up truck that had collided with a guardrail. The driver, a 24-year-old male, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was the only person in the vehicle at the time of the crash.
The Niagara Regional Police Collision Reconstruction Unit has taken over the investigation. Police have not released the driver's name.
Investigators are asking anyone with information about the collision to contact the Niagara Regional Police Service at 905-688-4111, option 3, extension 1009769.
People who wish to share information anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara online or by calling 1-800-222-8477. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards for tips that lead to an arrest.
The crash comes as the latest in a series of fatal collisions under investigation by the NRPS reconstruction unit this year. No further details about the cause of the crash, including whether speed, impairment or road conditions were factors, have been released.
