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The Kapuskasing Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision involving a commercial motor vehicle and a passenger vehicle.
On Sunday, December 21, 2025, at approximately 12:30 a.m., officers responded to a two-vehicle collision involving a tractor trailer and a pickup truck, on Highway 11, between Chauvette Road and Hyundai Road in Opasatika Township.
The pickup truck was occupied by four individuals. The 41-year-old driver was transported to hospital by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) with non life threatening injuries. The three remaining occupants of the pickup truck, a 41-year-old, a 15-year-old, and a 12-year-old, were pronounced deceased at the scene. No injuries were reported for the driver of the tractor trailer.
The OPP is working alongside the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario, with assistance from the OPP Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) Unit, and OPP Technical Collision Investigators (TCI), as the cause of the collision remains under investigation.
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage from the area at the time of the incident, is asked to contact the Kapuskasing OPP at 1-888-310-1122. To remain anonymous, tips may be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online at ontariocrimestoppers.ca.
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