Two women died in an early-morning crash on Monday when their vehicle collided head-on with a truck, bringing the number of traffic fatalities over the Labour Day long weekend to four.

The two died when their small car crossed over the centre line and hit a pickup truck on Highway 48 near Lake Simcoe, police said.

A 22-year-old woman and a 16-year-old female, both of Bradford, Ont., were pronounced dead at the scene. The names are being withheld until next of kin are notified.

The driver of the truck, a 24-year-old Toronto man, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Car crashes into rock cut

In another accident in eastern Ontario, two young men were killed when their car slammed into a rock cut on Highway 401 near Napanee.
 
The two, both from the Belleville area, were discovered dead early Monday morning. Police believe the accident happened between midnight and 6 a.m. Alcohol was not a factor, police said.

About 3,000 charges were laid over the long weekend during a police blitz of highways and waterways across the province.

Most of the charges were for speeding, but some were for impaired driving and seatbelt violations.

Operation Broken Record

Officers also pulled over a number of vehicles because of improperly secured loads, as students returned to school and cottagers packed up for the summer.

Police said futons, fridges and mattresses were dropped on the roadways.

The blitz was dubbed Operation Broken Record because of the familiar stream of excuses officers hear from errant motorists and the repeated warnings the police issue.

OPP Sgt. Cam Wooley said that despite continuing messages to the public, the long weekend proved just as deadly as in previous years.