Friday, September 1, 2006

SEAT BELT USE PREVENTS SERIOUS INJURIES IN CRASH

Goulais River, Ont.,

OPP officers that investigated an early morning crash on Hwy 17 yesterday believe that the use of seat belts by both occupants saved them from serious injuries.

On Thursday 31 August 2006 at about 1:00 a.m. a car was southbound on Hwy 17 entering the rock cut just north of Havilland Shores Drive. The vehicle was traveling at highway speed when the car left the pavement and onto the stone shoulder. When the driver brought the car back onto the paved portion the car lost control and slid sideways across the highway. The car entered the northbound shoulder and stuck the rock face and then rolled over.

The driver and passenger were transported to Sault and Area Hospital by ambulance with non-life threatening injuries. Officers believe that the two occupants of the car are alive today, and not seriously injured, because they both used their seat belts.

The car was destroyed and was towed from the scene. No charges were laid in this investigation.

DEER COLISION CAUSES MAJOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE

Laird Twp, Ont.,

A car traveling on Hwy 17 in Laird Twp had to be towed from the scene after hitting a deer last night.

At about 9:00 p.m. last night the car was traveling east on Hwy 17 when the deer ran in front of the car. The car struck the deer and the resulting impact damaged the entire front end of the car.

The driver was not injured but the car had to be towed from the scene.


TWO ARRESTS IN DOMESTIC ASSAULT

Batchewana First Nation, Ont.,

The Batchewana First Nation police and the Sault Ste Marie OPP arrested two people as a result of a domestic assault last night.

At about 5:30 p.m. police were called to a home on the Batchewana First Nation. Officers arrived to find a woman outside the house with cut to her arm. Further investigation found a man in the house and he too had a cut to his arm.

Police arrested a 52 (fifty two) year old woman and a 54 (fifty four) year old man. They were held in police custody overnight. Both the man and the woman have been charged with assault and will be released, with conditions, later this morning.