From the OPP
A Greenstone woman is dead following a two-vehicle collision involving an SUV and a tractor-trailer unit on Highway 11 about 65 km east of Longlac.
Highway 11 west of Hearst and east of Longlac was closed for a number of hours, with traffic re-routed via Nipigon at Highway 11/17.
Police have determined the SUV was eastbound on Highway 11 when it crossed over into oncoming traffic and struck the driver’s side of the westbound tractor trailer-unit.
The unit subsequently caught fire.
The driver of the SUV, identified as Kimberley Vaughan, 51, of Greenstone, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the tractor-trailer unit was not injured.
The circumstances of the collision remain under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
In related news, Highway 17 between Inglis Road and Beau Jess Road in Kenora was closed in both directions due to a motor-vehicle collision involving two tractor-trailers earlier today.
The OPP is on scene and the clean-up has started.
