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2 dead following collision involving train, pickup truck in Machar: OPP

OPP technical collision investigators, the Canadian National Police Service and Parry Sound Emergency Medical Services assisted with the investigation. Global News

Two people have died following a collision involving a train and a pickup truck in Machar, Ont. Monday morning, OPP say.

At about 10 a.m., police officers and fire crews attended the scene on Machar-Strong Boundary Road, OPP add.

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Two people from the pickup truck, Cecil Aho, 51, and Bernadette Laing, 52, both from Strong Township, were pronounced dead, police say.

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OPP technical collision investigators, the Canadian National Police Service and Parry Sound Emergency Medical Services assisted with the investigation.

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