ATIKOKAN - The victims of a fatal single vehicle collision in Atikokan on Saturday have been identified.
The three deceased have been identified as 32-year-old Danielle Brown from Lac La Croix First Nation, 30-year-old Charlotte Menson from Atikokan, and 27-year-old Henry Butts from Atikokan. Tyler Hunter, a 29-year-old male from Rainy River, was airlifted to Thunder Bay with unknown injuries.
Officers from the Atikokan detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a report of a single vehicle collision around 3:30 pm Saturday afternoon.
Police determined that a pickup truck travelling eastbound on Little Falls Road in Atikokan drove through a low concrete barrier, went airborne, and landed in the Atikokan River at Little Falls.
The circumstances of the collision are being investigated by Atikokan OPP and an OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigator. The investigation is ongoing.
