Highway 17 Open to One Lane of Traffic

Traffic is starting to move slowly again on Highway 17 between Vermilion Bay and Kenora.
The OPP say one lane of the Trans-Canada has been opened following a fatal multiple vehicle collision about 30 kilometers east of Kenora.
Police say a westbound transport jack-knifed near Dogtooth Lake around 1:00 this morning. (Wednesday)
An eastbound semi was unable to avoid the truck and collided with it.
Police say the driver of the eastbound unit was killed.
A short time later a transport and a car slid into the first two trucks, however no one was injured.
The name of the deceased has not been released.
Poor road conditions were a factor in the collision.
There was one other crash reported overnight.
A transport rolled over near Chadwick Lake on Highway 17 east and lost its load.
The OPP say the driver was not injured in that mishap.