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2 dead, 4 injured in multi-vehicle collision east of Thunder Bay: OPP

The highway was closed for eight hours while police conducted their investigation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

THUNDER BAY, Ont. – Provincial police say they’ve laid a careless driving charge after a multi-vehicle collision east of Thunder Bay, Ont., that killed two people and injured four others.

They say the crash happened at 6 p.m. on Monday when an SUV turning into a rest stop off Highway 11/17 was struck by a tractor trailer and then crashed into a pick-up truck.

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Two people in the SUV – 61-year-old Thunder Bay resident Joann Mendowegan and 46-year-old Greenstone, Ont., resident Christopher Towegishig – died in the crash.

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Four people in the pick-up truck were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Police say they have charged the driver of the tractor trailer, who was not injured, with careless driving.

The investigation continues

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