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O.P.P. cruiser involved in rear-end crash

PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:03 pm
by Thomas
LYN – A Leeds County O.P.P. officer – less than a year on the local force – has been ticketed after a rear-end crash on County Road 46.

Provincial police say an O.P.P. cruiser struck the backside of a boat being towed by a vehicle as it was slowing down to make a turn off the county road, northwest of Brockville.

There were no injuries and both vehicles had minor damage from the Monday night collision (June 25), police said.

Leeds County O.P.P. Const. Joel Lirette, 23, has been charged with following too closely under the Highway Traffic Act.

http://www.brockvillenewswatch.com/2018 ... end-crash/

Off-duty officer charged in collision

PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:04 pm
by Thomas
An off-duty Ontario Provincial Police officer faces traffic charges after he allegedly rammed his police cruiser into a vehicle towing a boat on County Road 46 in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township.

At 7:30 p.m. on Monday, a driver collided an unmarked police car with the vehicle that had slowed ahead of him to make a turn.

There were no injuries and the vehicles involved sustained only minor damage.

Const. Joel Lirette, 23, was charged with following too closely under the Highway Traffic Act. He is a 10-month member of the OPP and is posted at the Leeds detachment.

http://www.recorder.ca/2018/06/26/polic ... -collision