NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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1:30 p.m. update
Superior East (Wawa) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Opening:
Highway: 17
Location: between Wawa and Hwy 519
Brief Description of Event: Single motor vehicle collision investigation concluded
Detour (if available): N/A
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12:45 p.m. original release
Highway remains closed from Wawa to White River
WAWA — On Apr. 13, 2017 at approximately 4:40 a.m. members of the Superior East (Wawa) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Wawa Volunteer Fire Department were called to the scene of a single motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 17, seven kilometres south of Highway 519 (Dubreuilville turnoff).
There were two occupants in the vehicle. A 35-year-old male passenger has been pronounced deceased at the scene and the 26-year-old male driver has been transported to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators are on scene and the investigation is ongoing.
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