Saturday, August 9, 2008

UPDATE: Motor Vehicle Collision

On August 9, 2008 at approximately 11:36 am officers of the Sudbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were dispatched to a Motor Vehicle Collision on Highway 69 near the Pine Grove Golf Club. Initial investigation has revealed the collision involved two vehicles, which were both northbound at the time. Upon the vehicles impacting each other, one of the two vehicles lost control and entered the west ditch of the Highway, striking a rock face. The vehicle which entered the ditch had three occupants. The other vehicle involved had two occupants.

As a result of this collision both fatal and serious injuries were sustained by the occupants of the vehicle which entered the ditch. The two occupants of the other involved vehicle were uninjured. Names of the involved persons are not being released at this time pending notification of relatives.

The investigation of this collision is ongoing by members of the Sudbury O.P.P. Detachment as well as Technical Traffic Collision Investigators. Highway 69 was completely closed for about 4 hours after the collision but has since been re-opened to one lane. During the four hour closure traffic was re-routed via Highways 17 and 537 (through Wahnapitae), resulting in minimal disruption to motorists.