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Charges pending on highway 17 crash

Highway 17 was closed for approximately half an hour
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On Friday, October 12, at approximately 3:39 p.m., the North Bay Detachment of the OPP received a report of a motor vehicle accident on Highway 17 near Trap and Skeet Road in Nipissing First Nation. 

When police arrived at the scene, they found the vehicle had rolled over and the driver had been ejected from the vehicle. 

Highway 17 was closed for approximately half an hour while officers utilized the OPP drone to assist with the investigation. 

The driver was brought to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. 

Charges are pending the outcome of the police investigation.