{"id":83754,"date":"2026-06-08T08:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=83754"},"modified":"2026-06-09T06:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:57:16","slug":"hwy-11-longlac-to-hearst-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/hwy-11-longlac-to-hearst-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Hwy 11 (Longlac to Hearst) OPEN"},"content":{"rendered":"
Highway 11 opened just after midnight.<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a>The James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 11 in Clavet Township.<\/p>\n

On June 8, 2026, at approximately 6:45 a.m., members of the James Bay OPP, Cochrane District Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Geraldton Fire Department responded to a collision involving a commercial motor vehicle and a passenger vehicle on Highway 11 just west of the Pagwa River Bridge in Clavet Township.<\/p>\n

One person was pronounced deceased at the scene. A second person has been transported to local hospital by ambulance.<\/p>\n

Highway 11 going westbound in Hearst is closed for commercial motor vehicle traffic but remains open for passenger vehicles. Highway 11 is closed completely from Highway 631 to Longlac for all traffic.<\/p>\n

Members of the Hearst OPP continue to investigate the incident with the assistance of the OPP Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) team.<\/p>\n

Further updates will be provided as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jun 8, 2026 at 08:52<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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OPP are advising motorists that all eastbound lanes of Highway 11 at Blueberry Road in Longlac are currently closed due to a collision in the area. Drivers should avoid the area and seek<\/p>\n

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alternate routes if possible. Delays are expected while emergency crews respond to the scene.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Please drive safely and watch for updates as more information becomes available.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Highway 11 opened just after midnight. The James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 11 in Clavet Township. On June 8, 2026, at approximately 6:45 a.m., members of the James Bay OPP, Cochrane District Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Geraldton Fire Department responded to a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-area-road-closures"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-06 16:00:29","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\/83754","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83754"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83762,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83754\/revisions\/83762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}