A 70-year-old woman has died following a crash in downtown Guelph on Friday morning. The SUV she was driving struck the back of a plaza on Norfolk Street and Commercial Street before catching fire. The plaza houses several businesses, including Market Fresh, Simply Wonderful Toys, Wine Rack, and Janus Books.
Employees at the businesses quickly extinguished the flames, though the area was briefly evacuated due to smoke. Emergency responders arrived, and the woman was taken to the hospital, where she later died from her injuries.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.