Police release victim’s name in fatal collision

OPP News Release

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Temiskaming Shores - Ontario Provincial Police continues its investigation into a fatal motorized snow vehicle collision that occurred at 9:10 a.m. this morning, January 12, 2010, in Dymond Township. The snowmobile driver, 19 year old Jessy DESROCHERS of Hudson Township was pronounced dead at the scene.

The lone male snowmobiler was traveling west on an opened OFSC trail and failed to stop for an approaching north bound ONR freight train.

Officers from the Temiskaming OPP and Technical Traffic Collision Investigators from the Northeast Region Highway Safety Division continue the investigation.

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