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Fatal Crash Victim Identified

Provincial Police are confirming a fatality in a motor vehicle crash on Highway 502 between Dryden and Fort Frances.

The victim has been identified as 87-year-old Jean Steele of Emo.

OPP say Steele was the passenger in a southbound vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene after colliding with a northbound vehicle.

The crash occurred around 2:30 yesterday afternoon, (Tuesday) about 20-kilometres north of Highway 11.

Both drivers were transported to hospital with undisclosed injuries.

The crash forced the closure of the highway for about eight hours.

 

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