(NIPISSING FIRST NATION, ON) – On December 28, 2015, members of the North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 at approximately 11:00am.
Highway 17 was closed for approximately one hour at Trap and Skeet Road where the two-vehicle head-on collision occurred.
The North Bay Fire Department also attended to extricate a driver who had been trapped in one of the vehicles.
Both drivers were brought to the North Bay Regional Health Centre for non-life threatening injuries.
As a result of the investigation, Mathieu GAGNE, 26 years of age, of Ottawa has been charged with Careless Driving, contrary to Section 130 of the Highway Traffic Act.