by XPolice | Jan 14, 2020 | News, Ottawa & Area
A school bus driver in Carleton Place received an expensive lesson on the rules of the road. Ontario Provincial Police say the driver was spotted texting behind the wheel while on the roads on Monday. The driver was pulled over by an officer, and charged with...
by XPolice | Jan 14, 2020 | News, York Region
Citizen says police supervisor ignored information of suspected impaired driver Mark G knows the trouble drunk drivers can cause – his friend’s wife has been hit by impaired drivers four times. So when he saw two males and one female picking up four six-packs on...
by XPolice | Jan 13, 2020 | Hastings County, News
A collision involving a tractor trailer and a passenger vehicle diverted traffic off the westbound 401 in Quinte West for part of Sunday. Quinte West OPP reported that the crash occurred around 11:30 a.m. just west of Aikins Road, which led to a blockage of the...
by XPolice | Jan 13, 2020 | Halton Region, News
A 17-year-old faces careless driving and speeding charges after being apprehended in an Oakville school zone Friday. Halton police report that the G2 driver was found with a bowl of spaghetti in his hand are going 63 km/h in a 40 km/h zone. When Nonna tells you to...
by XPolice | Jan 10, 2020 | Durham Region, News
The Hwy. 401 eastbound express lanes at Liverpool Road were blocked due to a tractor trailer crash yesterday morning. Around 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, emergency crews arrived on scene of the crash for an unconscious or possibly deceased driver. Traffic in the area...
by XPolice | Jan 10, 2020 | Burlington & Area, News
Distracted driving charge carries a $615 fine, three demerit points A 41-year-old driver with two prior distracted driving charges has been charged a third time in Burlington after an OPP officer stopped him in rush hour traffic. The incident occurred near the QEW and...
by XPolice | Jan 9, 2020 | News
An 18-year-old Owen Sound man is one of the latest motorist charged with stunt driving – driving more than 50 km/h over the limit – by OPP. Jan. 4 at 12:43 p.m., OPP charged the speeding driver on Bruce Road 8, east of Allenford Road, South Bruce Peninsula. He was...
by XPolice | Jan 9, 2020 | Halton Region, News
Burlington OPP have stopped a driver in Oakville for driving 135 km/hr while flossing his teeth. The 58 year old Tesla driver had the vehicle on autopilot and was using both hands to floss his teeth. He was driving 135 km an hour. The driver was charged with careless...
by XPolice | Jan 8, 2020 | News, York Region
Following a guilty plea to multiple impaired driving offences, a 24-year-old man was sentenced to six years behind bars in connection with a 2018 multi-vehicle crash in King Township that claimed the life of a five-year-old girl. Emergency crews were called to the...
by XPolice | Jan 8, 2020 | News, Perth County
A Perth County OPP officer could smell alcohol coming from a vehicle in a roadside sobriety checkpoint near Listowel. The driver – 47-year-old Darren Fuller – insisted the odour was due to the empty beer cans and bottles on the floor in the backseat. The officer that...
