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Driver seriously injured in crash near Temiskaming Shores

The police investigation is ongoing
2020-08-20 temiskaming crash
OPP shared this photo on Twitter of a crash on Highway 65 east of Temiskaming Shores.

NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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On Aug. 20, 2020, shortly after 12 a.m., members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, the Temiskaming Emergency Medical Services and the Temiskaming Shores Fire Department responded to a call for a motor vehicle collision on Highway 65 in Harris Township. 

Further investigation revealed that a motor vehicle was travelling on Highway 65, where it lost control and struck the ditch. 

The driver was the lone occupant of the vehicle and sustained serious, non-life-threatening injuries.

The motor vehicle was towed from the scene.

The OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators are assisting with this ongoing investigation. Further information will be provided as it becomes available.

Anyone with information regarding this collision is urged to contact their local OPP detachment at 1-888-310-1122 or their nearest police authority.

Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000. 

The highway was closed for several hours and has since re-opened.

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