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TOW TRUCK STRUCK WHILE ASSISTING ROADSIDE ON HIGHWAY 11
Bracebridge [115 words] 1/4/2026 6:25pm (0 image)
The Bracebridge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a collision involving a transport truck and a tow truck on Highway 11 in Gravenhurst. On Sunday, January 4, 2026, at approximately 4:30 am on Highway 11 northbound, just south of Luigi Road in Gravenhurst officers and a tow truck operator were on scene responding to reports of a single vehicl...
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FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION IN WELLINGTON COUNTY
Wellington [131 words] 12/30/2025 4:00pm (0 image)
A single-vehicle collision has claimed the life of a tow truck operator. On December 27, 2025, at approximately 9:15 pm, members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), alongside the West Region OPP Traffic Incident Management & Enforcement (TIME) Team and local emergency medical services, responded to a report of a collision on Wellington R...
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-UPDATE #2- OXFORD OPP INVESTIGATE FATAL COLLISION - Driver Charged
Oxford [178 words] 12/22/2025 1:35pm (0 image)
Driver Charged in Fail to Remain Crash that Claimed Life of Tow Truck Operator (BLANDFORD-BLENHEIM, ON) - Investigators have charged an individual involved in a fail to remain collision that claimed the life of tow truck operator on Highway 401. On December 3, 2025, at approximately 7:18 am, members of the Oxford Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment, Paramedic Services and Fire Ser...
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VEHICLE IN DITCH LEADS TO IMPAIRED CHARGE
Oxford [144 words] 12/11/2025 1:10pm (0 image)
An individual from Fort Erie is facing an impaired charge following a traffic complaint. On December 9, 2025, at approximately 5:30 pm, the Oxford Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment were dispatched to a report of a possible impaired driver, on 16th Line, in the Township of East-Zorra Tavistock. It was reported that a vehicle was in the ditch and was being a...
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-UPDATE 1- OXFORD OPP INVESTIGATE FATAL COLLISION - Vehicle of Interest Identified
Oxford [194 words] 12/3/2025 4:35pm (2 images)
Vehicle of Interest Identified (BLANDFORD-BLENHEIM, ON) - A fail to remain collision involving a tow truck operator on Highway 401 has claimed one life. On December 3, 2025, at approximately 7:18 am, members of the Oxford Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment, Paramedic Services and Fire Services responded to a fail to remain collision on Highway 401, in the westbound lanes, west of...
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OXFORD OPP INVESTIGATE FATAL COLLISION
Oxford [131 words] 12/3/2025 10:40am (0 image)
A fail to remain collision involving a tow truck operator on Highway 401 has claimed one life. On December 3, 2025, at approximately 7:18 am, members of the Oxford Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment, Paramedic Services and Fire Services responded to a fail to remain collision on Highway 401, in the westbound lanes, west of Oxford Road 3 in the Township of Bla...
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- Correction - JAMES BAY OPP RESPONDS TO SERIES OF COLLISIONS ON HIGHWAY 11 - Cruiser had near miss, not collided with
James Bay [208 words] 11/13/2025 1:25pm (0 image)
- Correction - JAMES BAY OPP RESPONDS TO SERIES OF COLLISIONS ON HIGHWAY 11 Cruiser had near miss, not collided with (COCHRANE, ON) - Winter driving conditions have arrived and so have collisions on highways in the Cochrane Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) patrol area. On Friday, November 7 at approximately 10:30 am, James Bay OPP responded to a tractor trailer in the ditch and bloc...
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JAMES BAY OPP RESPONDS TO SERIES OF COLLISIONS ON HIGHWAY 11
James Bay [183 words] 11/12/2025 12:05pm (2 images)
Winter driving conditions have arrived and so have collisions on highways in the Cochrane Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) patrol area. On Friday, November 7 at approximately 10:30 am, James Bay OPP responded to a tractor trailer in the ditch and blocking the eastbound lane on Highway 11 east of Smooth Rock Falls. The 30-year-old driver from Hamilton was charged with Careless Driv...
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Tow Truck Driver Investigated by OPP for Drinking and Driving Offences
Southern Georgian Bay [214 words] 7/30/2025 4:36pm (1 image)
An Etobicoke resident became the subject of a drinking and driving investigation after the OPP Communication Centre was in receipt of numerous complaints by community members of a passed out, possibly impaired driver in a parked tow truck on Broad Street, Penetanguishene on July 26, 2025. Officers of the [Southern Georgian Bay Detachment](https://www.shopmidland.com/sgbopp)...
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CALEDON OPP TAKING ACTION AGAINST UNSAFE MOTORISTS
Caledon [420 words] 7/17/2025 12:55pm (1 image)
Officers from the Caledon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid charges after several vehicle related investigations. On July 11, 2025, just prior to 12:30 pm, officers were on general patrol when a traffic stop was conducted upon a tow truck in the area of Airport Road and King Street, in the Town of Caledon. After a thorough investigation, a numbered co...
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TOW OPERATOR AND COMPANY FACE MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER UNSAFE TOW ATTEMPT
Temiskaming [190 words] 6/18/2025 12:15pm (1 image)
The Temagami Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a tow operator after an unsafe tow attempt. On Wednesday, June 11 at 12:40 pm, the Temagami OPP stopped a tow truck attempting to tow a trailer involved in a fire by removing 8 wheels and caging the brakes. Following a level two commercial vehicle safety inspection (CVSA), the vehicle combination was deemed unsafe and placed o...