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Update: OPEN Highway 17 W closed due to accident

Highway 17 remains closed in both directions. 
20180820 road closed by accident
Highway 17 W is closed. Courtesy OPP.

Update:

Highway 17 has been re-opened in both directions. 

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Highway 17 W near Wawa remains closed as of 9 a.m. Monday after an accident Sunday.

At approximately 10:19 p.m. yesterday, members of the OPP Wawa Detachment responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision located on Highway 17 approximately 15 kilometres south of Wawa in the Lendrum Township District of Algoma. 

The OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators are assisting with this investigation. 

Highway 17 remains closed in both directions and there is no timeframe for reopening.

No word on any detours.