**ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE NEWS RELEASE**

 

On February 27, 2020 at approximately 10:17 a.m., members of the Matheson Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 11 in Benoit Township.

The investigation has revealed that a multi-vehicle collision occurred and that one person is deceased.  The OPP Technical Collision Investigators have been deployed and are assisting in the investigation.

 

Highway 11 is expected to be closed for several hours as a result of the collision. There is no detour.  The OPP is urging people to avoid any unnecessary travel with the deteriorating driving conditions. Currently Highway 11 from New Liskeard to Cochrane is closed due to weather as well as Highway 101 from Timmins to the Quebec border.  The investigation is continuing and more information will be released as it becomes available.

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