TRENT HILLS — Eastern Ontario milk truck driver Roger Esson was killed June 29 after an accident on Hwy 401 near Trenton, west of Belleville.
The 47-year-old and volunteer fire captain in his hometown of Trent Hills, east of Peterborough, was killed when the milk truck he was driving collided with another transport truck.
Known locally as a highly skilled fireworks technician, he died just two days before the annual Canada Day fireworks show at Hastings he organized with his wife, Michelle.