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Driver dies following Highway 17 crash

A North Bay man involved in a weekend crash on Highway 17 has died. Officials with the Schreiber detachment of the OPP say officers responded to reports of a single-vehicle crash on Saturday around 6 a.m.

A North Bay man involved in a weekend crash on Highway 17 has died.

Officials with the Schreiber detachment of the OPP say officers responded to reports of a single-vehicle crash on Saturday around 6 a.m. in the Township of Wiggins, west of Pays Plat First Nation.

The driver of a car travelling east left the roadway and struck numerous guard posts on the south shoulder before coming to a stop.

Police have identified the male driver as George Brough, 76, of North Bay.

He was transported by ambulance to McCausland Hospital in Terrace Bay where he was pronounced dead.

A post mortem examination is scheduled to take place the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

Police continue to investigate the cause of the fatal collision. 




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