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On June 13, 2021, at approximately 1:50 a.m., members from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance of the Sudbury-Manitoulin Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Assiginack Fire Department responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 6 in Assiginack Township.
A pick-up truck travelling southbound left the roadway which resulted in a rollover. The driver of the vehicle, Aidan JONCAS, 18 years-old from Whitefish River was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The North East Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement Team (TIME), and the Technical Collision Investigators (TCI) are continuing the investigation.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) provide policing services throughout Ontario. Our officers are responsible for policing over one million square kilometres of land and waterways. They provide frontline policing services to more than 320 Ontario municipalities and patrol over 126,000 kilometres of provincial roadways.
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