Highway 144 reopened between Cartier and Gogama after fatal crash

Fatal crash closes Hwy. 144 north of Sudbury One person is dead and the road is closed after a crash involving a commercial and a passenger vehicle on Hwy. 144 south of Gogama.

Highway 144 is reopened north of Sudbury after a two-vehicle collision between a commercial and passenger vehicle happened around 1 p.m. Tuesday, police say.

"One person was pronounced deceased at the scene," Ontario Provincial Police said in a news release.

More than 100 kilometres of highway was closed between Cartier and the Watershed, south of Gogama, until after midnight.

The traffic incident management enforcement team is helping in the investigation.

No word on what caused the crash.

CTVNewsNorthernOntario.ca will continue monitoring the situation and update this article when new information becomes available.

CLEARED: COLLISION: #Hwy144 between Old Cartier Road and Sultan Industrial Road in Cartier - Roadway has reopened following a collision. ^pd

— OPPCommunicationsNER (@OPP_COMM_NER) October 9, 2024

COLLISION: #Hwy144 between Old Cartier Road and Sultan Industrial Road in Cartier - Roadway closed following a collision. #OPP on scene. ^ao pic.twitter.com/LqxoPgH7Tb

— OPPCommunicationsNER (@OPP_COMM_NER) October 8, 2024

Updated: Collision on #HWY144 Both Directions between CARTIER W ENT, CARTIER and ARCTIC WATER SHED PLAQUE(W), GOGAMA. All lanes closed. #Closure #ONHwys https://t.co/fxcqx4D3JK

— 511ONNortheastern (@511ONNortheast) October 8, 2024