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By Angela Gemmill

Police say a male driver died in this morning’s collision between a transport truck and a van, along Highway 69, south of Sudbury.

Sudbury O-P-P was one scene all morning and say a southbound van crossed the centre line and was struck by an oncoming tractor trailer, just before 2am Thursday.

Highway 69 was closed between Highway 637, the turnoff for Killarney, and Highway 64 at Alban.

It reopened just before 11am.

The name of the victim has not been released.

The truck driver sustained minor injuries.