UPDATED Thunder Bay resident charged with dangerous driving causing death

ARMSTRONG — A collision that claimed one person's life two years ago on Highway 527 has now resulted in a Criminal Code charge against a Thunder Bay man.

Ontario Provincial Police charged 26-year-old Mason James Young with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death.

The fatality occurred after a two-vehicle collision on Aug. 8, 2023 between Highway 811 and the Black Sturgeon Road.

OPP said a 42-year-old Armstrong man driving a passenger vehicle died in a collision with a tractor-trailer.

The charge has yet to be tested in court.

NOTE:  This story was updated at 3:52 pm on Mar. 24 to include additional details provided by OPP

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