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Fatal motor vehicle collision under investigation Update

OPP News Release ******************** Kirkland Lake – The victim has been positively identified as Marcel Bedard age 55 of Cornwall, Ontario. A post mortem examination is scheduled to take place in North Bay on the 8th of October, 2009.
OPP News Release

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Kirkland Lake – The victim has been positively identified as Marcel Bedard age 55 of Cornwall, Ontario. A post mortem examination is scheduled to take place in North Bay on the 8th of October, 2009.

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Members of the Kirkland Lake OPP along with the assistance of a Northeast OPP Region Technical Traffic Collision Investigator and a Forensic Identification Unit Investigator are investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision. The collision occurred on Highway 11 approximately 200 meters north of the Rosegrove Road in Otto Township. The incident was reported to police at approximately 11:25 a.m. on the 7th of October, 2009.

A green Ford pick-up truck was travelling northbound on Highway 11 when it crossed over into the southbound lane and came into collision with a southbound tractor trailer and a red Ford pick-up truck. The driver of the green pick-up was pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner. The other three involved persons were transported to Kirkland & District Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The identity of the deceased is not being released pending the notification of next of kin.

As a result of the collision Highway 11 is closed until further notice. The traffic on Highway 11 is being re-routed via Highway 66 and 112. Kirkland Lake OPP was assisted at the scene by the Kenogami Fire Department, the Kirkland Lake Fire Department and the Kirkland Lake Ambulance Service.

The investigation into the cause of the collision continues.

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