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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Fatal collision - Highway 17 SUDBURY - On August 31, 2012 at 6:50 p.m. officers from the Sudbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a collision on Highway 17 East, City of Greater Sudbury.
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Fatal collision - Highway 17

SUDBURY - On August 31, 2012 at 6:50 p.m. officers from the Sudbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a collision on Highway 17 East, City of Greater Sudbury.

Preliminary investigation reveals that a westbound pick-up truck struck a pedestrian who was walking westbound on the north shoulder of the highway.

The 20-year-old female pedestrian, Saoirse Sankey, from Vancouver, B.C. was pronounced dead at the scene.  

The male driver and female passenger in the pick-up truck were not injured.

The investigation is continuing with the assistance of an OPP Collision Reconstructionist and an OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigator.

The highway was fully re-opened in both direction of travel shortly after midnight.

Officers are requesting the public’s assistance and are asking if anyone witnessed the collision to please contact the investigating officer, Cst. Taschereau at Sudbury OPP Detachment at 1-888-310-1122 or (705) 564-6900.