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Northern Ontario

Police ID victim of fatal crash on Hwy. 17

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Ontario Provincial Police vehicle.

Ontario Provincial Police have identified the victim of a fatal collision March 29 on Highway 17 east of Blind River.

The victim is Dennis Zarvie, 62, of Mindemoya.

He was killed when a pickup truck travelling westbound left the highway and rolled onto its roof in the south side ditch, police said in a news release F.

Zarvie was pronounced deceased at the scene.

A post-mortem examination took place in Sault Ste Marie on March 31 at the Centre of Forensic Sciences.

Police said the investigation is ongoing.