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OPP investigate Highway 17 fatality east of North Bay

Provincial police are looking into a fatal collision east of North Bay, which left one person dead and four others injured.

74-year-old passenger pronounced dead at scene of Sunday afternoon collision

black and white OPP car
OPP are investigating a fatality on the Trans Canada Highway, east of North Bay. (Samantha Samson/CBC)

Provincial police are looking into a fatal collision east of North Bay, which left one person dead and four others injured.

Investigators say two vehicles collided around 4:45 Sunday afternoon along Highway 17, near Corbeil.

North Bay OPP say a 74-year-old passenger in the eastbound vehicle died at the scene.

Four other people were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Police had the highway closed for about five hours for the investigation and clean-up.

The victim's identity will not be released until family is notified.