A man is dead after the car he was riding in smashed into a tree in King this morning.
According to the Ontario Provincial Police, just after 2 a.m., a Ford Focus was travelling south on Hwy. 400 between Aurora and King roads when it left the road, went into the air and slammed into a tree on the right shoulder.
The passenger, a 25-year-old man from Orangeville, was pronounced dead at the scene.
His name has not been released.
- ER