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4 victims have been identified after a deadly crash near Peterborough, Ont.

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By Hadi Azad

OPP have identified four people that were killed from a head-on car crash on Highway seven of Peterborough.

The collision happened on Tuesday at around 5:15 p.m. Police say the crash involved a pickup truck and an SUV.

In a release on Wednesday, OPP said that the dead driver of the pickup truck has been identified as a 42-year-old Jason Schmidt from Hastings, Ont.

READ MORE: OPP charge teen for driving 239 km/h on QEW in Stoney Creek

The people that died in the SUV include 18-year-old Riddick Hart, 46-year-old Jonathan MacDonnell, and 52-year-old Stephanie Hart, all of Otonabee-South Monaghan Township.

Police say a young female passenger in the SUV was transferred to a hospital in Toronto with life threatening injuries.

The car crash remains under investigation.

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