Crash Victim Identified

A resident of Sioux Narrows has been identified as the victim of an early morning motor vehicle collision near Nestor Falls that closed Highway 71 for about ten hours.

OPP say 42-year old Brian Beacham was the driver of a northbound passenger van that came into collision with an oncoming transport in the southbound lane of the Highway in the vicinity of Caliper Lake.

Police says the closure was necessary to complete their examination of the scene.

The highway is now open.