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OPP investigate fatal collision in Mowat Township

Highway 69 was closed in both directions for approximately 10 hours while OPP traffic investigators analyzed the scene. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

OPP are investigating a collision that left one person dead after two vehicles collided on Highway 69 in Mowat Township, Ont., on Thursday.

The vehicles involved were a pickup truck and fuel tanker truck, police say.

A 37-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., who was driving the pickup truck southbound, was pronounced dead at the scene, OPP say. The driver of the pickup truck has been identified as Christopher Labreche, police add.

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A 59-year-old from Rayside-Balfour, Ont., who was driving the fuel tanker truck northbound, was transported to a hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

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Highway 69 was closed in both directions for about 10 hours while OPP analyzed the scene.

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