Highway 17 closed in both directions near Blind River (updated)

NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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BLIND RIVER - On Sept. 11, 2018, shortly after 9 a.m., members from the East Algoma Blind River Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), a member from the OPP Technical Collision Investigation (TCI) team, OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), Algoma Paramedic Services, Blind River Fire Department and the Mississauga First Nation Fire Department responded to a collision near the junction of Highway 17 and Eastman Road west of Mississauga First Nation involving a tractor trailer and three other vehicles.  

A 54-year-old female from Elliot Lake, Ontario was transported to a local hospital in Sudbury with non-life threatening injuries.

Highway 17 remained closed to two lanes until 12:01 p.m., where it opened to one lane.

Investigation is continuing.

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