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On October 1, 2022, shortly after 3:00 p.m., members from the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Goulais River Fire Department and Sault Ste Marie Paramedic Services responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision involving three vehicles on Highway 17 near Haviland Shores Road in Goulais Township.
Investigation determined a northbound vehicle fails to negotiate a curve on the roadway, continues straight in the southbound lane where it makes contact with one vehicle who narrowly avoids a head on collision and continues on and collides head on with a second vehicle.
The passenger of the second vehicle 81-year-old Richard HARRISON, from Sault Ste Marie was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The two drivers of the head on collision were taken to local hospital in Sault Ste Marie with serious injuries.
The investigation is on-going with the OPP Technical Collision Investigator (TCI) and reconstructionist.
The Office of the Chief Corner for Ontario – Ontario Forensic Pathology Service (OCCO-OFPS) is assisting and a post-mortem examination will take place at a later date.
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