Sunday, October 20, 2013

Fatal Collision On Highway 17

Thunder Bay OPP continue to investigate the horrific crash on Highway 17 Saturday night that claimed five lives.  Provincial Police have released the name of the driver of the transport truck killed in the collision as 43-year old Sukhwinder S. Thandi of Cambridge. Police have not released the names of the four men killed in the pickup truck that was travelling westbound as they have not been positively identified.  Two other vehicles were involved in the accident, although none of the occupants were injured.  The crash took place approximately 15 kilometres east of English River and closed the highway until just before 8 o'clock Sunday morning.