Page 1 of 1

OPP officer charged after crash in Tecumseh

PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:52 am
by Thomas
A Lambton County OPP officer has been charged a collision in Tecumseh Friday afternoon.

Police say the officer was operating a marked OPP vehicle travelling at a slow rate of speed, southbound, merging onto Manning Road from Essex County Road 22 in Tecumseh. He allegedly struck the vehicle directly in front of him that was stopped in the merging lane.

Const. Rick Scott, an eight-year member of Lambton County OPP, was charged with following too closely.

No other vehicles were involved and no one was hurt in the crash.

http://windsor.ctvnews.ca/opp-officer-c ... -1.1494179

Re: OPP officer charged after crash in Tecumseh

PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:53 am
by Thomas
A Lambton County OPP officer has been charged under the Highway Traffic Act after an accident in Tecumseh.

The incident happened on Friday afternoon where the E.C. Row Expressway (Essex Road 22) meets Manning Road.

Police said the male officer was southbound in a marked cruiser and driving "at a slow rate of speed" when he rear-ended a vehicle that was stopped in the merging lane.

No one was hurt.

Const. Rick Scott, a eightyear officer of Lambton County OPP, faces a charge of following too closely.

http://www.windsorstar.com/officer+char ... story.html

Re: OPP officer charged after crash in Tecumseh

PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:55 am
by Thomas
An OPP officer from Lambton County has been charged after a collision in Tecumseh this afternoon.

OPP say that the officer was operating a marked OPP vehicle travelling at a slow rate of speed, southbound, merging onto Manning Road from Essex County Road 22 in Tecumseh. He struck the vehicle directly in front of him that was stopped in the merging lane.

No other vehicles were involved and no one was injured in the collision.

Constable Rick Scott, an 8 year member of the Lambton County OPP has been charged with following too closely under the Highway Traffic Act.

http://windsorite.ca/2013/10/police-off ... fter-crash