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Updated with crash details: Highway 11 north now open

OPP report that Hwy 11 was closed at Red Deer Road (Val Gagne) just east of Timmins due to a traffic accident at around 7:30 this morning. OPP were called to the scene of a motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 11, Playfair Township.

OPP report that Hwy 11 was closed at Red Deer Road (Val Gagne) just east of Timmins due to a traffic accident at around 7:30 this morning.

OPP were called to the scene of a motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 11, Playfair Township.

The collision involved a northbound tractor trailer and a southbound passenger vehicle. 

Matheson Black-River Township Fire Department and Cochrane District Emergency Services also attended the scene.

The driver of the passenger vehicle, Sarah Seaton, 28, of Englehart, was transported to a local hospital where she remains receiving treatment for her injuries. 

The driver of the tractor trailer, Grant Logan, 53, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was treated at the hospital for minor injuries.