On November 6, 2016, at approximately 3:00 a.m., the Hearst Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Cochrane District Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were advised of a motor vehicle collision on Champlain Road in Abbott Township, south/east of the Town of Hearst.

Police investigation revealed that three males in a pickup truck were travelling west bound on Champlain Road when the single motor vehicle collision occurred. The two passengers of the motor vehicle were transported to a local hospital and were later released.

The driver, Martin HEBERT, 20, of Kapuskasing, Ontario died as a result of the collision.

OPP Technical Collision Investigators (TCI) were called in to assist with the investigation.

The cause of the collision is still under investigation.

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