The OPP says last year marked a 10 year high in the number of people killed in collisions involving large commercial transport vehicles.

91 people were killed last year and in the previous 2 years there were 155.

As of Monday of this week 41 people have died and collisions are up 38 per cent.

In the northeast region there have been 9 fatal crashes this year up from 1 a year ago.

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