{"id":76424,"date":"2025-08-21T20:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=76424"},"modified":"2025-08-22T09:23:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:23:52","slug":"hwy-17-marathon-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/hwy-17-marathon-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Hwy 17 (Marathon) OPEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_76453\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-at-09.21.09.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76453\" class=\"size-large wp-image-76453\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-at-09.21.09-600x337.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-at-09.21.09-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-at-09.21.09-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-at-09.21.09-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-at-09.21.09.png 1278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-76453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>(FB &#8211; Skilled Truckers of Canada)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859-300x236.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>Highway 17 has now fully reopened in both directions following a serious collision that occurred early this morning near Heron Bay Road, outside of Marathon.<\/p>\n<p>The collision involved a transport truck, an SUV, and a pickup truck, and resulted in one male being transported to hospital with serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The highway had been closed for several hours to allow for an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Police would like to thank the public for their patience and cooperation during the closure.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into the cause of the collision remains ongoing. Further updates will be provided as available.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier: Highway 17 remains closed in both directions near Heron Bay Road, just outside of Marathon, following a serious collision.<\/p>\n<p>On August 21, 2025, at approximately 6:15 a.m., members of the Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a collision involving a transport truck, an SUV and a pickup truck. One male was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. The collision prompted a full closure of the highway.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 17 remains closed in both directions as police continue to investigate, and crews work to clear the scene. Motorists are advised to avoid the area and expect significant delays.<\/p>\n<p>For updates and road closures, visit the Ontario Ministry of Transportation website at Ontario.ca\/511 or call 511.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highway 17 has now fully reopened in both directions following a serious collision that occurred early this morning near Heron Bay Road, outside of Marathon. The collision involved a transport truck, an SUV, and a pickup truck, and resulted in one male being transported to hospital with serious injuries. The highway had been closed for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":75103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 09:26:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76424"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76456,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76424\/revisions\/76456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}