One person is dead and another injured after a commercial vehicle and a passenger vehicle collided east of Sault Ste. Marie.
East Algoma OPP say the collision occurred on Highway 17 east of Desbarats around 8 o'clock Tuesday morning, with the driver of the passenger vehicle - a British Columbia resident - pronounced dead at the scene, while a passenger in the commercial vehicle suffered minor injuries.
Highway 17 was closed through the day, forcing transport trucks and heavy vehicles to travel through Wawa and along Highways 101 and 129 for a detour.
The North East Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) team are assisting the investigation.