In a press release issued last night, Sault Ste. Marie OPPs say they responded to the accident around 8:47 a.m. yesterday morning, after the driver lost control of his vehicle and was dragged into a ditch. As a result, Walker Gregoire of the Goulais River succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead on the spot. For more information, read the full version below: GOULAIS RIVER – On April 30, 2022, at approximately 8:47 a.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Sault Ste Marie Squadron together with the Northeast Traffic Management and Enforcement Team of the Northeastern OPP Area (TIME) and technique The Conflict Investigators (TCIs) with the assistance of the Goulais Fire and Rescue Service and the Paramedic Services Sault Ste Marie responded to a deadly collision on Highway 552 near Mission Street on the River Woolis. The investigation found that a truck was traveling west on Highway 552, when it failed to negotiate a curve on the road, it descended into a deep ditch where it came to rest. Driver Walker Gregoire, 21, from the Goulais River succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem examination will be performed later at the Sault Ste Marie Center for Forensic Science. The freeway opened in one lane for about five hours and at 3:36 p.m. was re-launched in both directions.
