A single-vehicle rollover at 7:30 a.m. has closed Highway 17 W, just east of the traffic lights and the intersection of Regional Road 55 (The Kingsway), in Sudbury.
OPP say a tractor-trailer was eastbound on the Highway 17 southeast by-pass and subsequently rolled-over after exiting onto the ramp to continue east on Highway 17.
The tractor-trailer was hauling lumber which spilled onto Highway 17, blocking both lanes. The driver, the lone occupant, was not injured.
Detours are now in place.
From Sudbury, westbound traffic can proceed to the Highway 17 westbound ramp. Eastbound traffic will need to detour through Garson or Moonlight Avenue.
From North Bay, eastbound traffic on Highway 17 is being detoured through Garson-Coniston Road or Second Avenue to Moonlight Avenue.
The Ministry of the Environment is also on-scene to clean-up the diesel spill which is contained.
Highway 17 will be closed for an unknown period of time while crews clean-up the debris and remove the wreckage.
The investigation is continuing. and police remind motorists to obey the road closure signs.
#NipissingWestOPP on-scene tractor-trailer rollover crash east of lights #Hwy17 & intersection #RR55 Coniston. #Hwy17 closed both directions. From Sudbury, W/B traffic can take #Hwy17 ramp. From #NorthBay W/B traffic detour at Garson-Coniston Rd or Second Ave to Moonlight Rd ^mc pic.twitter.com/ID6xqVANzu
— OPP North East Region (@OPP_NER) November 10, 2020
