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Transport driver charged after near crash

Transport driver charged with careless driving after camera captures close call on the Trans-Canada Highway

KENORA - A 52-year-old Brampton man has been charged with careless driving after a dramatic near head-on crash the Trans-Canada Highway was caught on video.

The driver of an eastbound pickup truck on Highway 17 had to swerve onto the shoulder to narrowly avoid a westbound tractor trailer that had crossed over into the oncoming lane, according to an OPP news release issued on Wednesday. 

The video, which has been posted on YouTube, was received by the provincial police's highway safety division on May 18, which showed the close call on the highway in Coyle Township.

The transport driver is to appear in Kenora court on June 22.

- tbnewswatch.com


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