NIPIGON -- Two people are dead following a two vehicle collision on Highway 11.
According to an Ontario Provincial Police release, Nipigon OPP, EMS from both Beardmore and Nipigon Superior North EMS and the Nipigon and Beardmore Fire Departments responded to a motor vehicle collision on Monday around 6:15 p.m. where two sport utility vehicles collided head on Highway 11, in the Municpality of Greenstone.
Police say two individuals were pronounced deceased at the scene and a third party was taken to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre for treatment.
The deceased have been identified as Brittany Lesperance, 33, of Lake Helen First Nation and Evan Lester, 31, of Rocky Bay First Nation.
The OPP Technical Collision Investigation Unit attended the scene to conduct their investigation.
Highway 11 was closed for several hours before re-opening at 4:10 a.m.
Police investigation into the cause of the collision is continuing.