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Snowplow operator killed in crash with tractor trailer near Thunder Bay

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A snowplow operator was killed Friday night in a collision with a transport truck northwest of Thunder Bay.

Ontario Provincial Police say they received a call about a collision involving a tractor trailer and a snowplow on the highway at 9:55 p.m.

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A 52-year-old male driver from Thunder Bay was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say the driver and passenger of the tractor trailer were uninjured.

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They say a Miller snowplow travelling westbound, west of Silver Falls Rd., was plowing snow when it collided with the eastbound tractor trailer.

Hwy. 102 was shut down from the MTO weigh scales near Government Rd. to the Hwy. 11-17 junction while police investigated.