Three-vehicle crash under investigation

TEMAGAMI (Staff/Special) – An Ontario Provincial Police officer was sent to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a police cruiser was struck head-on earlier today.

Highway 11 remains closed between Highway 64 at Marten River and Highway 65 at New Liskeard as police investigate the three-vehicle collision near Temagami.

Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police report the crash occurred shortly before 10 a.m.

Police say a northbound tractor-trailer unit lost control and crossed the centre line.

An oncoming southbound automobile is reported to have avoided the tractor-trailer by crossing the centre line and then struck the northbound OPP cruiser.

The Temagami Fire Department and Nipissing Ambulance Service were at the scene.

The police officer was transported by ambulance to hospital and was treated for injuries described as non-life threatening.

Police say the automobile driver was treated at the scene for minor injuries. The driver of the tractor-trailer was uninjured.

OPP technical traffic collision investigators and Ministry of Transportation enforcement officers are assisting with the investigation.