A major collision east of Sault Ste. Marie's redirecting large and heavy vehicles through the Wawa area.
North East Region OPP have posted on social media that Highway 17 remains closed in Desbarats due to a multi-vehicle collision this morning, and while "passenger vehicles" can detour using local roads, transport trucks and "heavy vehicles" are instead directed to use a substantially different detour route, going north on Highway 17 up to Wawa, then east on Highway 101 to Highway 129, which they can take south to eventually connect back to Highway 17 - a route that would take several hours.