Five injured in highway crashes, extensive damage reported

OPP NEWS RELEASE

************************* Single motor vehicle collision, three injured

WAWA - On October 17, 2009, at 8:05 a.m. a southbound Chevrolet Silverado lost control on Highway 17, five kilometres north of Tremblay Road.

The vehicle entered the west shoulder, struck a rock cut and rolling over coming to rest on the southbound lane.

The Wawa Volunteer Fire Department attended the scene and extricated the three occupants from the vehicle.

The male driver and a male and female passenger, all from Woodbridge, Ontario were taken to the Lady Dunn Hospital in Wawa with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

Damage to the vehicle was extensive.

No charges are expected as a result of this incident.

Highway 17 was closed to one lane for a short time while the vehicle was removed.

************************* Single motor vehicle collision, one injury

WHITE RIVER - On October 17, 2009, at 8:15 a.m. a southbound Sunfire lost control and crossed the northbound lane rolling over three times in the northbound ditch.

There were three occupants in the vehicle and one female passenger sustained minor injuries as a result of the collision.

She was taken to Hospital in Wawa for treatment and released.

The male driver and a male passenger were not injured.

All the occupants are from Barrie, Ontario.

The driver, Charles Davies, age 64 of Barrie, Ontario stands charged with fail to drive in marked lane contrary to the Ontario Highway Traffic Act.

************************* Tractor-trailer roles north of Wawa

WAWA - On October 17, 2009, at 4 p.m. Superior East officers attended at Highway 17 approximately 12 kilometres north of Wawa in Menzies Township to investigate a single vehicle rollover.

A northbound tractor-trailer unit, hauling pumpkins, lost control and as a result rolled over into the northbound ditch.

The Wawa Fire Volunteer Fire Department attended the scene to extricate the lone male driver.

He was escorted to hospital in Wawa by ambulance for treatment of minor injuries.

Je Woom, age 46 years, of Cambridge, Ontario has been charged with careless driving contrary to the Ontario Highway Traffic Act.

Damage to the tractor-trailer was extensive.

The vehicle will be removed from the ditch on October 19, 2009 during the day and motorists can expect short delays while the tractor and trailer are towed.

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