Updated March 15th, 2016 10:00am: On March 14, 2016 at approximately 9:20 p.m., officers from the Sudbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian on Highway 17, in Nickle Centre (Wahnapitae). Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Sudbury Fire Departments were also dispatched to the scene. Investigation revealed that a pedestrian stepped into the driving lane of an eastbound transport truck and was struck by the truck’s right front corner.
The pedestrian, Chase READ, 30 years of age from Nickle Centre, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Northeast Region OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators were dispatched to assist Sudbury OPP with the investigation. Highway 17 was shut down to one lane of traffic for a little over three hours and has since been reopened.

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Update March 15th, 2016 1:15am: OPP advise that Highway 17 at at Wahnapitae has re-open.

The highway had been closed for almost 3 hours while OPP investigate what they described as a single vehicle collision.

Witnesses say that a pedestrian was struck as killed near the ESSO service station in at Wahnapitae.

No other details are available at this time and no names have been released.

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OPP advise that Highway 17 at Wahnapitae is closed due to a single vehicle collision.

The highway is expected to be closed for some time while OPP investigate.

We'll update as information becomes available