Tag: Damage
Driver, 23, dead after vehicle strikes tree at rural intersection
One person is dead following a crash in rural Elgin County, Ontario Provincial Police say. Police and emergency crews responded to a serious crash involving a single passenger vehicle that collided with a tree shortly before 7 p.m. on Friday, Elgin OPP said. The lone occupant, a 23-year-old from St. Thomas, was pulled from the […]
Driver charged after crash in Owen Sound that sent 5 to hospital
A driver has been charged after a two-vehicle crash on Owen Sound’s east side on July 7 sent five people to hospital. The collision occurred at the intersection of 8th Avenue East and 20th Street East at about 8 p.m., when a mid-sized Kia SUV that was travelling west on 20th Street. A Volkswagen SUV […]
Boley: Head’s up – what goes up in space must come down
Aaron Boley, University of British Columbia and Samantha Lawler, University of Regina In late April, farmers in Saskatchewan stumbled upon spacecraft fragments while preparing their fields for seeding. It sounds like the beginning of a science fiction movie, but this really happened, sending a powerful warning: it is only a matter of time before someone […]
String of auto thefts, crashes cause $500K in damage: OPP
A brazen early morning string of auto thefts and crashes in Goderich left $500,000 of property damage in its wake, Huron OPP say. Officers investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle in near Elgin Avenue in Goderich at about 3:20 a.m. Friday found a damaged pickup that had been abandoned on Kingston Street, police said. […]
Suspect arrested after series of collisions in Goderich
GODERICH – A 32-year-old Goderich-area man faces numerous charges after an alleged series of auto thefts, collisions and a break and enter causing an estimated more than $500,000 in damage during the morning of July 12. At 3:20 a.m., Huron OPP officers received a report of a suspicious vehicle being driven erratically in Goderich near […]