Tag: Oxford OPP
Nursing home resident hit with fraud worries, big rent increase: Family
An elderly woman living at a Southwestern Ontario retirement home where police allege a fraud duped several people out of more than $50,000 is facing a new stressor, her family says â an increase that would more than double her rent. Miranda Guitard said her husbandâs 90-year-old grandmother, who has been diagnosed with dementia, became […]
One dead, several in hospital after rural two-vehicle crash
One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash south of the Oxford County town of Thamesford on Saturday evening, police say. Officers with the Ontario Provincial Police detachments in Oxford and Middlesex counties, along with firefighters and paramedics, were called to a two-vehicle crash at 17th Line and 19th Line in Zorra Township at about […]
Driver dies in single-vehicle crash near Woodstock: OPP
A driver is dead following a crash Tuesday afternoon north of Woodstock, Ontario Provincial Police say. The single-vehicle crash occurred at about 1:30 p.m. on Highway 59 between Braemar Side Road and Strathallan Road in the Township of East Zorra-Tavistock, Oxford OPP said. The driver, a 75-year-old from Windsor, was alone in the vehicle and […]
More victims come forward, losses mount in retirement home fraud: OPP
A fraud at a Southwestern Ontario retirement home is âbigger than it first appearedâ and has cost victims more than the $50,000 originally estimated, police tell The London Free Press.
One dead, two injured in rural Oxford County crash: OPP
The driver was killed and two passengers injured in a Sunday night rollover crash in East Zorra-Tavistock, Ontario Provincial Police say.
Residents at area retirement home lose $50K in frauds: OPP
Several people at a retirement home in Norwich have lost more than $50,000 in frauds, Ontario Provincial Police say. Police were notified Aug. 21 of an alleged fraud at the home in the community about 20 kilometres southeast of Woodstock, police said Tuesday. The initial investigation determined multiple people were defrauded and a suspect has […]
Pedestrian killed in Southwestern Ontario crash: OPP
One person is dead after a pickup truck and a pedestrian collided outside the Southwestern Ontario town of Tillsonburg on Friday, provincial police say.
Stark uptick in deadly motorcycle crashes continues here, across Ontario
Seven motorcyclists have died on roads in the wider London region in the last two months alone, a troubling trend Ontario Provincial Police say reflects a deadly toll provincewide. The most recent death on local Ontario Provincial Police-patrolled roads happened Aug. 1 around 8:15 a.m. when a motorcycle collided with a pickup truck at the […]
Motorcyclist killed in crash south of Woodstock: OPP
One person is dead after a motorcycle was involved in a crash south of Woodstock in Norwich Township, police say
One month, five fatal motorcycle crashes on London-area roads
Loved ones are mourning a 65-year-old motorcyclist whose death in a crash was the first of five deadly collisions that have killed six people on motorcycles across the London region over the past month alone