(UPSALA, ON) At approximately 10:45pm on October 19, 2013 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was notified of a multi-vehicle collision that had occurred on Highway # 17 approximately 15 km east of English River. When officers arrived on scene it was determined that a pickup truck that had been travelling westbound on Highway # 17 had impacted with an eastbound commercial motor vehicle.
It has now been confirmed that five adult males were killed in the collision. The driver of the tractor trailer unit has been identified as 43-year-old Sukhwinder S. THANDI of Cambridge, Ontario. The four deceased male occupants of the pickup truck have not been positively identified and the OPP is continuing the notification of the next of kin process.
Two other commercial motor vehicles (one travelling eastbound and one westbound) were also damaged in the collision. The occupants of these two vehicles were not injured.
The investigation is continuing. Further information will be released as it becomes available.
Anyone who witnessed the collision and has information for police is requested to contact Thunder Bay OPP at 807-939-2133 or 1-888-310-1122.
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