Manitoulin OPP is investigating a fatal pedestrian accident.
Manitoulin OPP Constable Marie Ford says on Saturday at approximately 12:49 a.m. officers from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a report of a pedestrian walking on the roadway on Highway 6 north of the bridge in Espanola.
Officers located a deceased person on the south lane of Highway 6.
The OPP’s North East Region Traffic Management Enforcement (TIME) Team, including a Technical Collision Investigator (TCI) and a Reconstructionist, are assisting with this investigation under the direction of the OPP’s Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB). The Office of the Chief Coroner- Ontario Forensic Pathology Service (OCC-FPS) is also assisting.
The name of the deceased has not been released.
Police are seeking the public’s assistance with this investigation. Any person with information regarding this incident should immediately contact the Manitoulin OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or submit information online at www.sudburycrimestoppers.com, where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2000.