(ATIKOKAN, ON) – On October 8, 2016 at approximately 3:30pm CST officers from the Atikokan Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a single motor vehicle collision involving a pickup truck.
The vehicle was travelling eastbound on Little Falls Road in Atikokan and drove through a low concrete barrier, went airborne, and landed in the Atikokan River at Little Falls.
Police and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) attended the scene. It was determined there were four vehicle occupants: a 32-year-old female, a 30-year-old female and a 27-year-old male were subsequently pronounced dead at hospital. A 29-year-old male was airlifted to Thunder Bay with unknown injuries.
Atikokan OPP officers and an OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigator are currently on scene and the circumstances of the collision are being investigated. Further information will be released once obtained.
