An 81-year-old Lively woman was killed and three others injured in a two-vehicle crash July 13 at 1:20 pm on Highway 17 at the intersection of Fielding Rd. and Kantola Rd.
The crash closed the highway until 7 pm.
According to the Ontario Provincial Police, a pickup was
crossing the highway from Kantola to Fielding Rd. when it was hit
by a westbound mini-van. The force of the crash spun the van around
and flipped the truck onto its side, striking a stop sign on the
corner of Fielding Rd.
During the rescue, firefighters peeled the roof back from the truck
to extricate its occupants. An air ambulance landed on the highway,
collected the victims and transported them to St.
Joseph’s Health Centre in Sudbury.
A passenger in the pickup truck, Aini Rautiainen, 81, was
pronounced dead at the scene. She was not wearing a seatbelt.
The truck's driver, Svante Rautiainen, 84, is in critical
condition. The occupants of the van, Armand Seguin, 77, and his
wife Francoise, 72, were admitted to hospital with non
life-threatening injuries but have since been released.
The OPP are continuing their investigation.
-With files from Jason Thompson and Tamara Belkov
