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UPDATE: now open Highway 69 closed both directions

OPP say the highway was re-opened around 10 p.m. Tuesday. *************** Highway 69 is closed in both directions this morning after two transports collided. At approximately 5:50 a.m.

OPP say the highway was re-opened around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

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Highway 69 is closed in both directions this morning after two transports collided.

At approximately 5:50 a.m. the OPP were dispatched to a two vehicle collision on Highway 69 in Wallbridge Township.

OPP, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Britt Fire Department were at the scene approximately one half of a kilometre north of Harris Lake Road.

Police say two tractor trailers had collided and that the debris field covered the highway.

Both tractor trailer drivers were injured and have been taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Highway 69 is closed to traffic in both directions as a result of the collision.

OPP continue to investigate the cause of the collision and expect the north bound lane of Highway 69 to be open shortly.

OPP caution the public to expect delays on the Highway north of Pointe Au Baril until they have completed their investigation.