Manitoulin OPP are investigating a fatal collision on Highway 17 on April 2, at approximately 2:17 p.m. involving a passenger vehicle that sideswiped one tractor trailer, and later hit another tractor trailer head on.
The two people in the passenger vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, and one of them has been identified as Patrick Heeley from Massey.
For more information, please see the OPP news release included below.
On April 2, 2022 at approximately 2:17 p.m. the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Anishinabek Police Services (APS), Manitoulin-Sudbury Paramedic Services and the Sables-Spanish River Fire Department responded to a double fatal motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 involving two tractor trailers and a passenger vehicle.
Investigation determined the passenger vehicle was travelling westbound and crossed the centre line sideswiping the first tractor trailer. The passenger vehicle continued travelling westbound in the eastbound lane hitting another tractor trailer head on. The two occupants of the passenger vehicle were pronounced deceased at the scene.
The deceased passenger of the vehicle has been identified as Patrick Heeley, 51-years-old from Massey. The identity of the driver will be released pending a post-mortem examination that is scheduled to take place at the Centre of Forensic Sciences (CFS) at a later date.
The investigation is on-going at this time with the assistance of the OPP's Traffic Incident Management Enforcement Team (TIME), Traffic Collision Investigator and a Reconstructionist.