NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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CLEARVIEW TOWNSHIP - On May 16, 2018 at approximately 8 p.m., members of the Huronia West OPP Detachment responded to a single motor vehicle collision at the Highway 26 and Mosley Street roundabout north of Stayner.
When officers arrived they observed a full sized yellow school bus with front end damage. The investigation revealed the damage was as a result of striking a light standard and signage in the roundabout.
There were no passengers on the bus at the time of the collision. The driver of the school bus received non-life threatening injuries and treated in hospital. Officers arrested the driver for impaired operation of a motor vehicle. It was also learned the bus had been stolen.
The accused, 56-year-old Frederick North of Clearview Township, has been charge with:
- Impaired operation of a motor vehicle contrary to section 253(1)(a) Criminal Code of Canada.
- Over 80 section 253(1)(b) Criminal Code of Canada.
- Charge number three: theft over $5000.00 of a motor vehicle section 334(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada.
- Possession of stolen property over $5000.00 contrary to section 355(a) Criminal Code of Canada.
- Drive while disqualified section 259(4) Criminal Code of Canada.
- Careless driving section 130 Highway Traffic Act.
- Liquor readily available section 32(1) Liquor License Act.
- Open liquor section 31(2) Liquor License Act.
The accused is to appear in Collingwood Court on June 12, 2018 to answer to the above charges.
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