25-year-old from Hearst killed in Highway 17 crash

Renewed calls for northern highway safety With the increase in the number of crashes, road closures and fatalities the last few weeks, there is a renewed call for highway safety.

Sudbury — Provincial police say a 25-year-old man from Hearst, Ont. was killed in a car crash on Highway 17 north of Sault Ste. Marie on Sunday night.

Clovis Vallieres, 25, graduated from Hearst U Clovis Vallieres, 25, graduated from Hearst University's psychology program (Supplied)

Clovis Vallieres was driving south when their car "crossed the centre line" and collided head-on with an SUV headed north at Sawpit Bay in Ryan Township, north of Pancake Bay Provincial Park, OPP said in a news release.

Vallieres, who was born and raised in Kapuskasing, was pronounced deceased at the scene, police said.

"The driver of the SUV sustained non-life-threatening injuries (and) was transported to local hospital in Sault Ste Marie," police added.

It happened around 8 p.m. and the road was closed in both directions from Batchawana Bay and Wawa for about seven hours.

An investigation into the crash is continuing.

Vallieres graduated from the Université de Hearst in psychology in 2019, the school said in an email to CTV News.

Clovis Vallieres at Hearst University Clovis Vallieres during a Christmas-themed activity at Hearst University. (Supplied)