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Oct. 7 crash on Hwy 144 claimed lives of a Chesley residents, OPP reports

Police continue to investigate fatal collision
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The Ontario Provincial Police have released the names of the two people who died in a crash on Highway 144 near Onaping on Oct. 7.

The Ontario Provincial Police have released the names of the two people who died in a crash on Highway 144 near Onaping on Oct. 7.

The three-vehicle crash occurred on Highway 144 near Marina Road. OPP said the preliminary investigation found that an SUV travelling northbound on Highway 144 was attempting to pass when it collided with a northbound pickup truck. 

The SUV careened into the southbound lane where it collided with a commercial motor vehicle, which from the photo appears to have been a dump truck, and burst into flames.

Greater Sudbury Fire Services extinguished the fire, but the crash claimed the lives of the two occupants of the SUV.

They have now been identifed as Sandra (Sandi) Tibbo, 70, and William Tibbo, 64, both of Chesley, a small community south of Owen Sound.

The OPP's Technical Traffic Collision Investigators (TTCI) and the Office of the Chief Coroner- Ontario Forensic Pathology Service (OCC-FPS) are assisting with this investigation.

Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to contact the Nipissing West OPP at 705-564-6900, your local OPP detachment at 1-888-310-1122 or your nearest police authority.

Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.