(SERVOS TOWNSHIP, ON) – On Thursday July 16, 2015 at 1:48 AM Sudbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a transport truck and vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 69 about 3 kilometers south of Highway 637 (Killarney Turnoff) in the two lane construction zone.
Investigation revealed that a 2014 Freightliner transport truck was northbound on Hwy 69 when a southbound Chevrolet van crossed the centre line and struck the transport truck head on. The driver of the van was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the transport truck received minor injuries.
The deceased male has now been identified as Walter George BLIGHT age 72 of Elliot Lake, Ontario.
Highway 69 north and south bound lanes were closed in both directions for nine hours while the investigation of the collision was being conducted. There was a detour routing traffic around the collision scene.
The investigation is continuing by members of the Sudbury OPP with the assistance of the OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigation Unit.