KAWARTHA LAKES-Highway 35 in the Norland area was closed in both directions after a serious crash on Tuesday.
Police, fire and ambulance are on the scene. It happened just before 4pm.
Police say at 3:40p.m. officers from the City of Kawartha Lakes detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the collision and have closed Highway 35 near Cameron Road in the Norland area.
Police say the initial investigation indicated that a vehicle travelling southbound on Highway 35 collided with a vehicle travelling northbound on Highway 35. The driver of the northbound vehicle, Samantha Lindquist, 50 years of age, is deceased. The passenger of this vehicle was transported via Air Ornge ambulance to a Toronto area hospital with serious injuries.
Highway 35 was closed  for several hours as the OPP’s Technical Collision Investigation (TCI) unit attended to assist with the investigation.
The cause of the collision is under investigation.
