Hearst OPP cruiser involved in crash
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 5:49 amHEARST - The Ontario Provincial Police in Hearst reported Tuesday that one of its vehicles was involved in a collision near Hearst Friday night.
Shortly before 11 p.m. on Friday, officers from the OPP Hearst detachment responded to a collision involving a police vehicle and a pickup truck at the intersection of Highway 11 and Cloutier Road North, just west of Hearst.
Upon arriving at the scene, police closed Highway 11 in order to conduct their investigation while Emergency Medical Services (EMS) tended to the occupants of the involved vehicles.
The investigation revealed that the Dodge Ram pickup truck occupied by a 29-year-old male driver and 67-year-old female passenger from Constance Lake First Nation was travelling eastbound on Highway 11 and a Ford Taurus police vehicle operated by a 31-year-old male police officer from Hearst was travelling southbound on Cloutier Road North prior to the collision.
The three occupants sustained non-life threatening injuries and were transported to the hospital by ambulance where they were later released.
Members with the OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigation (TTCI) unit are currently investigating the cause of the collision.
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Shortly before 11 p.m. on Friday, officers from the OPP Hearst detachment responded to a collision involving a police vehicle and a pickup truck at the intersection of Highway 11 and Cloutier Road North, just west of Hearst.
Upon arriving at the scene, police closed Highway 11 in order to conduct their investigation while Emergency Medical Services (EMS) tended to the occupants of the involved vehicles.
The investigation revealed that the Dodge Ram pickup truck occupied by a 29-year-old male driver and 67-year-old female passenger from Constance Lake First Nation was travelling eastbound on Highway 11 and a Ford Taurus police vehicle operated by a 31-year-old male police officer from Hearst was travelling southbound on Cloutier Road North prior to the collision.
The three occupants sustained non-life threatening injuries and were transported to the hospital by ambulance where they were later released.
Members with the OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigation (TTCI) unit are currently investigating the cause of the collision.
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