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Monday, May 2, 2016

Fatal collision

TILDEN LAKE – On May 1, 2016 at 9:30 p.m. members of the North Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision on Highway 11 in Notman Township. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the North Bay Fire Department attended the scene. Investigation revealed that a moose was standing on the crest of a hill in the northbound lane when a northbound vehicle struck the moose.

The driver and only person in the vehicle, Leonard Lear, 63 years of age from Englehart was pronounced dead at the scene

The OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators (TTCI) attended the scene and is assisting with this ongoing investigation.