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Police Investigate Fatal Crash Near Exeter

Huron County OPP and the West Region Technical Traffic Collision Investigation Team are investigating a fatal single vehicle collision northeast of Exeter.

Emergency crews were called to the scene on Line 17 near Elimville line at 11:30am Thursday morning after a pickup truck hit a concrete bridge abutment.

Police say the driver was travelling northwest on Line 17 when the truck veered across the road, hit the abutment and rolled, throwing the driver from the vehicle.

Stanley McClure, age 56, from Central Huron was pronounced dead at the scene.

Line 17 was closed throughout Thursday afternoon between Elimville Line and Perth Road 182. It has since been reopened.

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