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May 7, 2017 @ 11:45<\/strong><\/p>\n Reports from travelers are that Highway 17 is now open. Traffic is moving.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n May 7, 2017 @ 10:27<\/strong><\/p>\n The investigation remains ongoing at this time with the assistance of OPP Technical Collison Investigator (TTCI) and East Algoma OPP Crime Unit.<\/p>\n Both lanes of Highway 17 remain closed at this time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n May 7, 2017 @ 09:47<\/strong><\/p>\n OPP Northeast Region Communications Centre have tweeted a map for travellers at 9:29 a.m. It is closed at Village Road\/Hwy 17 at the west, and halfway between Birch Street and Longview Avenue to the east. There is a detour in place for local vehicles, but not commercial motor vehicles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n May 7, 2017 @ 06:18<\/strong><\/p>\n Ontario511 has tweeted that Highway 17 (West of Blind River) \u00a0is closed in both directions east of Park Road due to a collision. They advise that the highway will be closed for several hours.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n May 7, 2017 @ 05:17<\/strong><\/p>\n At 5:12 a.m.\u00a0Blind River\u00a0Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advised of the following Road Closure:\u00a0Highway 17 (<\/em>west of Blind River).<\/em><\/p>\n The OPP have initiated a road closure of Hwy 17 due to a serious motor vehicle collision.<\/em><\/p>\n There is a detour for local vehicles only, no commercial motor vehicles. It is unknown at this time how long the highway will be closed. OPP ask, “<\/em>Please do not call O.P.P. Provincial Communication Centres for road advisory updates or road condition information.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>On May 7, 2017, shortly after 4:00 a.m., the East Algoma Provincial Police (OPP) and the Algoma District Paramedic Service responded to a single motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian on Highway 17, at the territory of Mississauga First Nation. Police investigation determined that an eastbound motor vehicle struck a male walking in the eastbound lane.\u00a0The 24-year-old male from Mississauga First Nation, Ontario, Bruce Cada received serious injuries and died at the scene.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n