Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Three Wrongs make a Court Date !

(Blind River, Ont.) On Canada Day a driver was pushing the limit in more ways than one.

At approximately 9:45 a.m. a vehicle caught the eye of the East Algoma Traffic Officer who clocked the vehicle on Radar at 164 km/h. While speaking with the driver the officer detected the odour of an alcoholic beverage and detected some of the usual signs of impairment. The driver was arrested for impaired driving and returned to Blind River detachment. While in custody a small quantity of suspected marihuana was found on his person and he was found to have only a class G2 driver’s licence.

Charged is 28-year-old Dean HARE of M’Chigeeng,
He is facing the following charges:
Impaired Driving, Care or Control of a motor vehicle in excess of legal Alcohol limit, possession of a controlled drug or substance, being a G2 driver with blood alcohol in excess of zero.

Hare was held in custody for some time before being released.

HARE is to appear in court in Blind River on 09 August 2007.

FOUR INJURED IN HEAD-ON CRASH

(Pancake Bay, Ont.) Four people were transported to hospital by ambulance after a multi vehicle crash on Hwy 17 late Friday afternoon.

On Friday 29 June 2007 at about 5:30 p.m. a vehicle was stopped in the southbound lane of Hwy 17 waiting to turn left into the Canadian Carver and Agawa Indian Crafts. A south bound SUV that was pulling a boat on a trailer could not get stopped in time and struck the back of other traffic that was stopped waiting for the vehicle to turn.

The impact caused the SUV (with the boat trailer) to cross into the northbound lane where it stuck a northbound Jeep head on. The boat came dislodged from the trailer and flew across the highway and into the northbound ditch.

The SUV pulling the boat veered off the Jeep and crashed into the fencing in front of the Agawa Indian Craft complex. As the SUV came to rest in the entrance of the Agawa Indian Craft, the vehicle caught fire.

Employees of the Canadian Carver and Agawa Indian Crafts immediately responded to the assistance of the passengers with first aid kits and fire extinguishers. The management of the Canadian Carver/Agawa Indian Crafts also has a fire suppression trailer with several hundred gallons of water. Employees of the complex brought out the suppression trailer to the scene until the Batchawana Fire and Rescue Department arrived. The actions of the employees of Canadian Carver and Agawa Indian Crafts proved instrumental in extinguishing the vehicle fire.

Hwy 17 in Pancake Bay was closed for about one hour until the wreckage could be cleared from the roadway. Four people were taken to Sault Area Hospital with wide ranging injuries.

Fifty two year old Robert Dennis JONES of Portage Michigan has been charged with Following Too Close contrary to the Highway Traffic Act.

Police would like to thank the staff and management of Canadian Carver and Agawa Indian Crafts for the assistance they rendered to the injured people, fire suppression until the Batchawana Fire and Rescue arrived and assisting in cleaning glass and debris off the highway.

This investigation is still ongoing and further charges may be pending.

ATV CRASH INJURES TWO PEOPLE

(Laird Twp, Ont,) A crash involving an ATV and two people in Laird Township sent the driver to Sudbury Hospital by air ambulance.

On Saturday 30 June 2007 at about 6:00 p.m. a man and his young daughter were on a four wheel ATV. The man was at the end of a driveway off of Finn’s Bay Road in Laird Township and was turning around to go back into the driveway. The investigation has revealed that the driver was traveling at a very slow speed.

The ATV rolled over into the ditch and landed on top of the two people. The man was transported to hospital by ambulance and later flown by air ambulance to a hospital in Sudbury. He has been treated for head injuries and has since been released from hospital.
The young seven year old girl on the ATV did not require hospital treatment.

Both the driver and passenger were not wearing helmets. Charges under the Off Road Vehicle Act of Ontario are expected to be laid against the driver. The driver has been identified as a thirty six (36) year old Almonte Ontario resident.

MOTORCYCLE AND DEER COLLIDE

(Echo Bay, Ont.) A motorcycle rider was lucky to escape serious injury this morning after he stuck a deer with his motorcycle.

This morning at about 11:00 a.m. the rider was traveling on Hwy 17 about two kms east of Echo Bay. A deer ran into the path of the bike and the motorcycle struck the deer. The driver received minor injuries and was treated at the scene.

After regaining his composure and cleaning off his motorcycle, he was able to continue on his journey. The deer was killed upon impact.

STOLEN VEHICLE

(Heyden, Ont.) A Heyden resident awoke this morning to find that someone has stolen his vehicle overnight.

At about 8:00 a.m. this morning a resident of Heidi Court in Heyden found that someone had stolen his white 1997 Chevy Astro Van. The keys were not in the vehicle and the van may still have Ontario licence plate of ADSW 070 attached to the vehicle.