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Early Sunday morning fatality under investigation near Batchawana

Driver killed in vehicle rollover
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Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police report that one person has died as a result of a single motor vehicle collision early Sunday morning near Batchawana.

OPP, along with Emergency Medical Services and Batchawana Fire and Rescue, responded to a collision on Highway 17 north at approximately 8 a.m.

A news release issued today indicates that a northbound vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic, entered a ditch, and rolled.

The driver, whose name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

 

Editor's note: The original news release issued by OPP stated the collision occurred the morning of Sept. 28.