More details are emerging about last week's fatal collision on Highway 17, near the intersection with 519.
Superior East OPP have confirmed the person killed in the crash was 33-year-old Christian - or Chris - Casavant, a member of the Wawa Fire Department and worker at Alamos Gold, who was also involved in mine rescue.
Police say Casavant was the passenger in a northbound pickup truck that collided with a southbound commercial motor vehicle around 5:47 pm last Tuesday evening, and he was pronounced dead at the scene while the pickup's driver - who has not been publicly identified - was taken to hospital for injuries now described as "non-life-threatening" - the tractor-trailer's driver was not injured.
The investigation's continuing - with assistance from the Northeast Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) team - and police ask any potential witnesses - including anyone who was in the area of the collision between 5 pm and 5:45 pm that evening - to call the OPP or Crime Stoppers.