Manitoulin OPP are investigating a single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a teen driver on Sunday (June 13).
Police report officers were dispatched to a call for service at 1:50 a.m. Manitoulin OPP, Sudbury-Manitoulin Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Assiginack Fire Department all responded to the crash, which occurred on Highway 6 in Assiginack Township.
Preliminary investigation revealed the pickup truck the teen was driving was headed south when it left the roadway and rolled over. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
The North East Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement Team (TIME), and the Technical Collision Investigators (TCI) are continuing the investigation.
Police identified the driver as Aidan Joncas, 18, of Whitefish.**
Correction: The OPP has now clarified that the deceased was from Whitefish, not Whitefish River or Whitefish First Nation, as stated previously by OPP.
