NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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On April 9, 2022, at approximately 8 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision at a parking lot on Ontario Avenue in the City of Elliot Lake.
Investigation determined a van was leaving a parking lot when it drove into a cement barrier. Algoma District Paramedic Services transported the driver to local hospital where the driver was later pronounced deceased.
The deceased is identified as Randy Wake, 54 years-of-age from Elliot Lake. A post-mortem will take place in Sault Ste Marie at the Centre of Forensic Sciences (CFS) at a later date.
The investigation is on-going with the OPP's North East Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement Team (TIME) and the Technical Collision Investigators (TCI).
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