(ESPANOLA, ON) - One person has been arrested after a single vehicle collision led to a stolen vehicle.
On Friday, June 20, 2025, at approximately 4:00 am, the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a stolen vehicle. The complainant reported that they came across a single vehicle rollover collision on Highway 17 in the Sables-Spanish Rivers Township. When the passerby stopped to offer their help, their vehicle was stolen by the driver involved in the collision. As a result of the investigation, police located the stolen vehicle at a parking lot in McKerrow, and the driver was arrested. There were no injuries as a result of the collision.
Dong HUANG, 23-years-old from Scarborough, was charged with:
- Theft of motor vehicle
- Operation while prohibited under the Criminal Code
- Use of Credit Card
- Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
- Fail to comply with probation order - two counts
- Fail to report accident
- Fail to remain
The accused was held before the Ontario Court of Justice Bail Court on June 20, 2025, and remains in custody.