Sunday, September 25, 2011

Nipigon Fire Chief victim of fatal accident

The chief of the Nipigon Fire Department is dead following a traffic accident near the community Saturday night.     Roy Cross was the victim of a single vehicle mishap on Highway 11-17, two kilometres west of Nipigon.  Thunder Bay Fire Chief John Hay calls the death a big loss for the fire community in Northwestern Ontario calling him a good chief and a close friend and family man.   Funeral arrangements are pending