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Fatal crash closes section of Lafontaine Road in Tiny Township (Update: reopened)

Lone male occupant of single motor vehicle involved in crash killed when it collided with a tree
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NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise that Lafontaine Road has been reopened.

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Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Closure: Lafontaine Road between Concession 15 East and MacAvalley Side Road, Tiny Township.

At 10:09 a.m. July 15, 2018 OPP Officers dispatched to a single motor vehicle into a tree.

A lone male occupant was attended to by Tiny Fire Service and Simcoe County Paramedics and pronounced deceased at scene by EMS.

The road was closed at 10:10 am for Members of the OPP Central Region Traffic Collision Investigations Unit (TCI) to continue the investigation into the cause of the crash.

Updates will be provided when they become available.

A detour is available via Simcoe County Road 6 and the estimated duration of the road advisory is six hours.

The OPP will distribute details and updates of the road advisory as information becomes available.

Please do not call O.P.P. Provincial Communication Centres for road advisory updates or road condition information.

Visit the Ontario Ministry of Transportation website at ontario.ca/511, twitter @511Ontario or call 511 traveller's information such as winter road conditions, construction reports, road closures, traffic reports, traffic cameras and interactive mapping.

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