{"id":712512,"date":"2026-06-03T15:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/712512\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:41:11","slug":"winnipeg-teen-dies-in-highway-crash-in-northern-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/712512\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg teen dies in highway crash in northern Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>A 17-year-old boy from Winnipeg died in a highway crash in northern Ontario on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>A semi-trailer truck and passenger vehicle collided on the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 17) west of Kenora, said a news release from the Ontario Provincial Police, who were called to the scene around 1:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>A long stretch of the highway, going as far as the West Hawk Lake weigh station in Manitoba, was closed for several hours, reopening just before 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Police have not released any additional information on the cause of the crash, or if the 17-year-old was a driver or passenger in the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage from the area at the time of the crash is asked to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122.<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous tips can also be called in to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or <a href=\"http:\/\/ontariocrimestoppers.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">submitted online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-712512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}