White River resident dead after highway crash west of Sudbury

A 78-year-old from White River is dead after a crash on Highway 17.

Provincial police said the two-vehicle collision happened just after midnight Friday in Sables-Spanish Rivers Township, which is west of Sudbury.

The collision was a head-on crash between a vehicle and a commercial motor vehicle, police said.

The highway had been closed for about nine hours but reopened Friday morning.

The investigation remains ongoing, police added.

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