Double fatal crash on highway north of Timmins
Two people have died following a single-vehicle crash on Highway 655 north of Timmins early Sunday, police say.
Officers from the James Bay detachment were called to the scene of a serious collision in Nesbitt Township around 12:30 a.m. June 4, Ontario Provincial Police said in a news release Monday.
The highway was closed for several hours and the investigation is continuing.
No word on the cause of the crash or identities of the victims.
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OPP is also still investigating a head-on collision involving two passenger vehicles on Highway 11 in Val Rita, between Hearst and Kapuskasing, last Friday.
It happened around 10 a.m. June 2 just west of Dagenais Road and resulted in both drivers being airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.
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