OPP IS INVESTIGATING A HEAD-ON COLLISION ON HIGHWAY 17
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(SUDBURY, ON) - One person is deceased from a head-on collision on Highway 17.
On Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at approximately 1:30 pm, members of the Nipissing West (Sudbury) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a two-vehicle collision involving a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) and a passenger vehicle on Highway 17, Sudbury.
The driver of the passenger vehicle, a 58-year-old female from Hanmer, was transported to the area hospital with serious life-threatening injuries, who later succumbed to their injuries. The CMV operator was treated for minor injuries at the scene.
The highway was closed in both direction for just under nine hours.
The investigation remains ongoing with assistance from the OPP Technical Collision Investigation and Reconstruction teams to determine the cause of the collision.