Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Single Vehicle Accident Closes Highway 17 East

Some excitement on the Trans-Canada Highway between Kenora and
Vermillion Bay.

An air ambulence made a landing yesterday morning to airlift a Dryden
man to Lake of the Woods District Hospital.

The OPP say a SUV drove off the highway in the Stewart Lake area and hit a tree.

The driver, a 60 year old man, was the lone occupant of the vehicle and was transported to hospital for treatment of his injuries.

He has since been released.