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Ahead of Operation Safe Driver, a national campaign founded by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are releasing startling findings in statistics regarding collisions involving transport trucks in the just-over six months so far in 2022. In a media release dated Thursday, Jul. 7, 2022,
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A Napanee man is facing multiple charges after fleeing the scene of a motor vehicle collision in Quinte West. At approximately 10 a.m. on Monday, Jun. 13, 2022, the Quinte West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a hit and run collision in the area of Sidney
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Canada Road Safety Week took place May 17 to 23, 2022. Despite the advance notice the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) shared ahead of their traffic safety campaign, OPP laid 9,292 traffic charges during that week. According to a release from the OPP, officers maintained a strong presence on roads across
Read more A Deseronto man is facing multiple charges after breaking into a home on Rapids Road in the Municipality of Tweed on Christmas Day. Central Hastings Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to the break and enter at approximately 12:10 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. According to a release from
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Ontario Provincial Police were busy in South Frontenac Township over the past few days, charging three different individuals with impaired driving. Two incidents involved collisions, but no serious injuries were reported. Just before 11 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, officers of the South Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial
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A single-vehicle collision on Palace Road in Napanee resulted in charges, but no injuries, for a Napanee driver. The Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a single motor vehicle collision on Palace Road in Greater Napanee at approximately 7:30
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A Napanee man is facing impaired driving charges after a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 401 westbound on the Deseronto off ramp. At approximately 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Jul. 2, 2021, officers of the Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the single-vehicle rollover
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A multi vehicle accident in Greater Napanee resulted in charges for a female from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, and an act of kindness from the Greater Napanee Emergency Services. At approximately 12:45 p.m. on March 30, 2021, officers of the Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
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Although the year saw a significant reduction in traffic on roads patrolled by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), collisions in 2020 resulted in a higher fatality rate than those collisions that took place in 2019. According to the OPP 2020 collision and fatality data, released on Monday, Mar. 16, 2021,
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A collision on Monday, Apr. 13, 2020 that closed down one lane of Highway 401 for a several hours has resulted in charges for the lone transport driver involved in the incident. Just before 3 p.m. that date, the tractor trailer in question was travelling westbound on Highway 401 just
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Two local men are facing charges after two separate road rage incidents, each of which resulted in injuries for other motorists. The first incident occurred on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 when the male victim was driving northbound on Division Street near Elliot Avenue. The victim observed another male driving erratically
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Canada Road Safety Week came to an end this week, and resulted in a staggering 2,459 charges laid on highways in eastern Ontario. Road safety week wrapped up on Monday, May 20, 2019, and demonstrated that impaired driving is a problem on the well-travelled highways in our region of
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