OPP Beat

UNEVENTFUL HOLIDAY WEEKEND Both City Police and the O.P.P. have had an uneventful twenty-four hours as everyone enjoys the holiday weekend. The City Police Service has one person in the cells who was picked up for being intoxicated in a public place.

A check with the Sault detachment of the O.P.P. this morning revealed a very quiet twenty-four hour period in our area. There is nothing to report.

BODY FOUND AT HEYDEN The O.P.P. is investigating the death of a 38-year-old Heyden man who was discovered in his residence at the Beaumont Trailer Park yesterday.

FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR WAWA A fatal motor vehicle accident occurred yesterday morning at 6:15 about 45 km south of Wawa. A southbound car with six persons swerved to avoid hitting a moose on the highway, went into the ditch and rolled.

FATAL WAWA ACCIDENT CLOSES HIGHWAY LANE A single vehicle rollover accident 25 miles south of Wawa has closed one lane of Highway 17. The accident, which occurred at 6:15 this morning, has resulted in one death and 3 injuries. O.P.P.

STOLEN POLICE CRUISER RESULTS IN MINOR INJURIES (Thompson Township - West of Blind River, Ontario) Yesterday, at approximately 3:00 p.m., the Sault Ste. Marie O.P.P.

TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT Melissa Tallack of Sault Ste. Marie was charged with failing to yield when exiting a private driveway under the Highway Traffic Act.

The Sault detachment of the O.P.P. had a very quiet Friday night and has nothing to report.

BREAK & ENTER The Sault O.P.P. detachment is currently investigating a break and enter to a seasonal residence on Kelly Lake Road, Goulais River.

CAR-TRUCK ACCIDENT CLAIMS LIFE Early this morning at 12:45, a Grand Am collided with a tractor-trailer 20 km south of White River on Highway 17.