One dead, another injured in Hwy. 144 crash, road reopened
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Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a serious single vehicle crash where one person has died and another was seriously injured. The collision closed part of Highway 144 for several hours on Saturday near Gogama.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a serious single vehicle crash where one person has died and another was seriously injured. The collision closed part of Highway 144 for several hours on Saturday near Gogama.
The crash occurred shortly before 8:00 a.m. and the highway has since reopened.
“The South Porcupine OPP responded to a collision on Highway 144, St-Louis Township, approximately 15 kilometers south of Gogama,” said the OPP in a news release.
“The driver of the vehicle was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries and the passenger has died.”
The OPP's communications Twitter account for the north east region originally advised the roadway was closed between Highways 560 and 661 because of a crash just after 9:15 a.m.
In a subsequent tweet just before 11 a.m., OPP called it a “serious single vehicle collision.”
Police advised the roadway reopened shortly after 5 p.m.
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