Highway 17 was closed for nearly seven hours yesterday (Thursday) morning while Manitoulin OPP investigated a fatal motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 at Birch Lake Road in Massey.
OPP Constable Jessica Gilbertson says shortly before 2 a.m., a commercial motor vehicle struck a pedestrian.
A 33-year-old person from Sables-Spanish Rivers Township was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Gilbertson says the investigation is ongoing.