Wednesday, November 5, 2003

THREE INJURED IN WEATHER RELATED COLLISIONS

Heyden, Ont.
Three people were injured in a collision on Hwy 17 in Heyden yesterday.

At about 11:00 a.m. the driver of a southbound car was unable to keep the freezing rain clear of his windshield. While attempting to clear the windshield he lost control of the vehicle and the car started to spin around on the highway. The vehicle spun around and struck a northbound dump truck and a car.

Two people were taken to Sault Area Hospital with major and minor injuries. A third person was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

No charges were laid in this collision.

Searchmont, Ont.,
Yesterday at about 4:30 p.m. Sault Ste Marie OPP were called to Hwy 556 just south of Searchmont after a transport truck took out thirty guideposts and ended up in the ditch.

The driver indicated that he was headed south on Hwy 556 when his rig started to slide in the slush and ice. The truck slid into a length of guideposts and guide wires and then into the ditch.

The driver was not injured but the truck had to be towed from the scene. No charges were laid in this collision.

Laird Twp, Ont.,
There were no injuries and no damage after a vehicle went into the ditch on Hwy 17 in Laird Twp.

At about 1:30 p.m. yesterday a vehicle was traveling west on Hwy 17 when the driver lost control and slid off the roadway into the ditch. After being towed out the driver continued on her way.


SLOW DOWN---SLOW DOWN---SLOW DOWN—SLOW DOWN !!!!!

Sault Ste Marie, Ont.,

Every winter OPP investigate numerous collisions that result in death, injuries and property damage that never did have to happen. Every year we ask and tell the driving public that when you see ice, snow, rain, fog or any other inclimate weather to slow down and adjust your driving to the weather conditions.

Every winter we investigate collisions were the driving public ignore this tidbit of advice and are unnecessarily injured or killed because they insisted on traveling at or above the posted speed limits during an ice or snow storm.

Every winter, since the inception of time, we always get bad winter storms that make for hazardous driving conditions.

Every winter we will continue to call the ambulance, funeral homes for body removal or tow trucks because YOU JUST WON’T SLOW DOWN !!!

This winter lets do “our collective best” to prove us wrong !!! SLOW DOWN IN BAD WEATHER AND LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY !