(SUDBURY, ON) – On October 30, 2016 at 6:09 p.m., officers from the Sudbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance of OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators (TTCI) responded to a single vehicle fatal collision on Highway 69 in the township of Servos.
Investigation revealed that a southbound pickup truck pulling a boat and trailer left the roadway near the Nelson Road ramp and rolled down a steep rocky embankment coming to rest on its roof.
The driver of the pickup, Morgan TAYLOR, 56 years of age, from Barrie, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The male passenger, 55 years of age, from Innisfil, had to be extricated from the vehicle with the assistance of the Estaire Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and was transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The investigation is ongoing with the assistance of OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators.
Any person with information regarding this collision should contact the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) at 1-888-310-1122 or their nearest police authority.
Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or submit information online at www.tipsubmit.com where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.
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Update: The highway was re-opened around 1am on October 30th, 2016.
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Updated: OPP advised around 11:30pm that one southbound lane is now open on Highway 69 at Highway 537 following an earlier closure of all southbound lanes due to a motor vehicle collision.
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The OPP advise that Southbound Highway 69 at Highway 537 is closed due to a motor vehicle collision.
No detours have been set up at this time and there is no estimate on the length of the closure.
We'll update this story as information before available.