OPP officer charged after Highway 17 crash
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 5:44 am
OTTAWA — An on-duty Upper Ottawa Valley OPP officer was charged with failing to turn safely after crashing into a car on Highway 17.
The officer was driving a marked police car east on the highway around 4:45 p.m. Monday when he tried to make a U-turn just east of Doran Road in Petawawa.
The officer’s vehicle did not have the emergency lights activated when it collided with a westbound black Jeep.
The 33-year-old woman driving the Jeep and her passenger received minor injuries. The officer was not injured.
Const. Brian Lizotte, 32, was charged with not turning safely under the Highway Traffic Act.
Lizotte has been a member of the Upper Ottawa Valley OPP for four years.
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The officer was driving a marked police car east on the highway around 4:45 p.m. Monday when he tried to make a U-turn just east of Doran Road in Petawawa.
The officer’s vehicle did not have the emergency lights activated when it collided with a westbound black Jeep.
The 33-year-old woman driving the Jeep and her passenger received minor injuries. The officer was not injured.
Const. Brian Lizotte, 32, was charged with not turning safely under the Highway Traffic Act.
Lizotte has been a member of the Upper Ottawa Valley OPP for four years.
mhurley@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/meghan_hurley
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