Overview
- An SUV backed into CuTzz Barber Salon on McArthur Avenue on Tuesday and struck two men inside, with a roughly 30-year-old man dying en route to hospital and a roughly 32-year-old man taken to hospital with serious injuries.
- A 57-year-old woman was arrested at the scene and charged with impaired-driving-related offences, and she was scheduled to appear in court the next day.
- The Ottawa Police Fatal Collision Investigation Unit is leading evidence collection and is asking anyone with dash-cam footage, home or business cameras, or other information to contact them.
- At the scene the red SUV rested perpendicular to the two-storey building in the westbound lane, the salon was later boarded up and McArthur Avenue was briefly closed before reopening.
- The matter will move through the criminal court process with standard post-arrest testing expected, and the crash has prompted local concern about vehicle-into-building safety for small businesses and pedestrians.