Friday, January 12, 2007

FAIL TO REMAIN COLLISION

(Hwy 17, east of Thessalon, Ontario) On Thursday January 11, 2007 at approximately 6:45 pm the East Algoma – Thessalon OPP were dispatched to a collision on Highway 17, just east of Thessalon.

An unknown tractor trailer while traveling eastbound on Highway 17, crossed the centerline and forced a westbound 2003 Ford Truck to swerve to avoid a collision. The Ford Truck slid and spun onto the north shoulder and rolled into the ditch. The tractor trailer continued eastbound without stopping.

The tractor trailer is described as having a white box trailer with RNC or R & C in red letters on the rear trailer sides.

There was no contact made between the tractor trailer and the Ford Truck.

The driver and passenger of the Ford Truck sustained minor injuries. Both were transported to the Thessalon Hospital and released.

If you witnessed this collision or have any information that would lead us to the tractor trailer, please contact the East Algoma OPP at 1-888-310-1122


YOU WERE LUCKY---THIS TIME

Heyden, Ont.,

Sault Ste Marie OPP were called to Lower Island Lake in Heyden yesterday after receiving a report of a snow machine going through the ice.

At about 2:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon two people entered Lower Island Lake on a snow machine from the Old Mill Road area in Heyden. The machine got about twenty five feet from shore when it broke through what little ice was there and sunk to the bottom. Fortunately for the two people on the machine, they were only in water about four feet deep.

Both riders got wet but managed to make it to shore and to shelter without any serious affects of hypothermia. The driver of the machine is making arrangements to get the machine out of the lake. No charges were laid in this investigation.

Snowmobile safety organizations recommend that you have at least 5 to 6 inches of hard solid ice before you venture onto any lake, pond or river. Stay away from areas where creeks, rivers and ditches flow into the lakes. If you can see open areas of ice on the lake stay well away from that area.