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One person was sent to hospital with serious injuries following a dog attack, police say.
Ontario Provincial Police in Brant County say a person was walking on Maple Avenue in Burford at about 1 p.m. on Monday when an encounter with two dogs took place. Burford is a rural community just west of Brantford, about an hour’s drive east of London.
Police and Brantford-Brant paramedics responded and took the victim to an area hospital, police said.
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Police have charged the owner of the dogs – a 34-year-old Brant County resident – with failing to prevent their dog from biting a person, a charge under Ontario’s Dog Owners’ Liability Act.
The status of the animals was not known at time of publication on Wednesday.
Police said public-health officials in Brant County would have been notified of the incident. “The (dogs’) owner would have been provided with direction from them,” police said.
Officials with the health unit did not immediately respond to a request for information.
Neyaashiinigmiing resident dies after crash near Wiarton
One person has died as a result of a crash east of Wiarton on Tuesday afternoon, police say.
Police say one of four people taken to hospital after the crash – a 69-year-old Neyaashiinigmiing resident — has died. The three other occupants had injuries that were not considered to be life-threatening.
The identity of the deceased is not being released out of respect for the privacy of the family, Grey Bruce OPP said in a statement
Police were called to the scene of the single vehicle collision along with the South Bruce Peninsula Fire Department and Grey County Paramedic Services just before 2:30 p.m.
The crash led to the temporary shutdown of Conc. 21 between Zion Church Road and Sideroad 20. Grey Bruce OPP are continuing to investigate. Anyone with information related to the incident can contact police at 1-888-310-1122.
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