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Friday, August 17, 2012

ROAD DETOUR, LOCAL-EVENT TRAFFIC ONLY The Stanley Cup Parade Hwy #17B Garden River First Nation (Garden River FN, ON) – OPP advises the motoring public that on Monday 20Aug12 from 9:00 am till 2:00 pm there will be a road detour on Hwy 17B in G
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ROAD DETOUR, LOCAL-EVENT TRAFFIC ONLY

The Stanley Cup Parade

Hwy #17B Garden River First Nation

(Garden River FN, ON) – OPP advises the motoring public that on Monday 20Aug12 from 9:00 am till 2:00 pm there will be a road detour on Hwy 17B in Garden River FN.
The only vehicles permitted passage will be local and event traffic.
The road detour will be at Hwy #17 B, Belleau Lake Rd and Hwy #17 B, Ball Park Rd.
This is to facilitate the safe passage of the Stanley Cup Parade in Garden River. All other traffic will be routed out to Hwy #17.

HIGHWAY 17 CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION FATALITY

(WARREN, ON) – On August 16, 2012 at 9:00pm, members of the Warren Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to Highway 17 just east of Verner, in response to a two (2) vehicle collision involving a west bound motor-cycle operated by 65 year old Roger Grenier of Sudbury, and an east bound motor vehicle driven by 49 year old Madeleine Simon of Verner.  Grenier was pronounced deceased at the scene and Simon was transported to West Nipissing hospital where she was treated and released.

Highway 17 was closed to both east and west bound traffic for approximately 6 and a half hours while Ambulance, Police, and members of the OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators Unit (TTCI) attended the scene.

The OPP are continuing with their investigation and want to remind drivers to slow down and drive with care during wet conditions.