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Driver dead after collision on Highway 102 between snowplow and tractor trailer

The side of an OPP vehicle is seen in this file image. Ryan Rocca/Global News File

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say one man died following a collision Friday night that has closed Highway 102 northwest of Thunder Bay.

Police say they received a call about a collision involving a tractor trailer and a snowplow on the highway at 9:55 p.m.

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A 52-year-old male driver from Thunder Bay was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say the driver and passenger of the tractor trailer were not injured.

They say a Miller snowplow travelling westbound west of Silver Falls Road was plowing snow when it collided with the eastbound tractor trailer.

A stretch of Highway 102 was closed earlier Saturday as police investigated, but had reopened by late morning.

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