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Sault victims officially identified in February Highway 69 collision

Their identity has been confirmed by the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service
2018-02-08 Highway 69 Crash
Hunter Chamberlain in September 2017, Bentley in October 2016, Victoria Whitehead in February 2017. Facebook photos.

NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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The three victims involved in a fatal collision on Feb. 6, 2018, on Highway 69 in the Shawanaga First Nation Territory, have been identified.

Hunter Chamberlain, 20 years old; Victoria Whitehead, 21 years old; and Bentley Whitehead, two-years-old; all from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. died when their sports utility vehicle (SUV), upon impact with a tractor trailer, became engulfed in flames. Their identity has been confirmed by the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service (OCC-OFPS).

The investigation was conducted by members from the West Parry Sound Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and at the time revealed that the northbound sports utility vehicle (SUV) crossed the centre line into the path of a southbound tractor trailer.

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