Matthew Ashby, my younger cousen died last night in Ottawa at the hospital after an accident on the farm...it couldn't be avoided...blah, I really don't know what to think, how too feel I'm just kinda numbed by the whole thing I guess...

we as a family, the Ashby family are close, especially ours and his family...its like losing a brother

why can't I cry?

Pray for us please...pray for his family

he was our yongest...the youngest in the family...


Teenager dies from injuries
By DEREK ABMA
Staff Writer
OTTAWA -- A 17-year-old Prescott-area male died overnight as a result of injuries suffered in a tractor-and-car collision Wednesday morning.
The accident happened at about 8:30 a.m. Matthew Ashby was southbound on a tractor on Blue Church Road near Maynard when he collided with an eastbound Oldsmobile on County Road 26 being driven by Joshua Dufresne, 22, of Prescott.
Ashby was airlifted to the Ottawa Hospital, where he passed away.
The intersection where the accident happened has a stop sign for north-south traffic but not for east-west, meaning the Oldsmobile was not required to stop at the intersection, but the tractor was.
Sergeant Nancy Onlock of the OPP said no charges are pending.
The intersection is surrounded by homes on large rural lots. Many residents watched as police and other personnel investigated and cleared the scene.
One resident, who asked not to be identified, said he heard the crash and looked out his window to see the Oldsmobile stopped and facing east. He did not, however, see the tractor and the car make contact.
The car was severely damaged on its driver's side and front. The tractor was left upside down in front of it.
The scene was cleared and police officers left the scene about two hours after the accident occurred. For most of that time, emergency responders had roadblocks set up at the next concessions on each side of the intersection.
Onlock said credit must be given to workers of Brockville Tractor-Trailer Maintenance, who arrived on the scene before police and fire officials and used their equipment to get the tractor off of Ashby.
"Their help was key, really, until the fire department got there," she said.
Onlock said Dufresne suffered minor injuries.

- posted by Kai @ 8/26/2004 05:18:00 p.m.