Hearst OPP Detachment OPP officer charged in December crash

[Michael Jack]

HEARST - 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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[Michael Jack]

Rookie officer on the job for 9 months at time of collision

Ontario Provincial Police say a rookie officer in Hearst is facing a charge after a crash with a pick-up truck in Dec. 2014.

OPP report that the collision happened shortly before 11 p.m. on Dec. 19 at the "intersection of Highway 11 and Cloutier Road North, just west of Hearst, Ontario."

Police said in December that a 29-year-old man was driving eastbound in the pickup truck from the Constance Lake First Nation.

He had a female passenger, 67, in the truck with him.

Close to 11 p.m., the officer, 31, pulled onto the highway and collided with the truck.

OPP reported at the time that "the three occupants sustained non-life threatening injuries and were transported to the hospital by ambulance where they were later released."

At the time of the crash, the officer had been on the job for nine months, according to the OPP.

OPP said on Tuesday that the officer was charged with failing to yield to traffic.

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[Michael Jack]

(HEARST, ON) – Shortly before 11:00 pm on Friday, December 19, 2014, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (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, Ontario.

As a result of the police investigation, Provincial Constable James BUTLER, a nine month member of the Hearst OPP Detachment has been charged with Fail to yield to traffic onto highway, contrary to section 139(1) of the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario.

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[Michael Jack]

An Ontario Provincial Police officer in Hearst has been charged with a traffic violation as a result of a motor vehicle collision that occurred before Christmas.

The OPP issued a release on Tuesday reporting that the officer had been charged.

The incident occurred on Friday, Dec. 19, shortly before 11 p.m.

Officers with the Hearst OPP 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.

As a result of the police investigation, Const. James Butler, a nine-month member of the Hearst OPP Detachment has been charged with failing to yield to traffic while entering a highway, contrary to section 139 (1) of the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario.

http://www.timminspress.com/2015/03/03/ ... wing-crash

[Michael Jack]

Shortly before 11:00 pm on Friday, December 19, 2014, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (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, Ontario.

As a result of the police investigation, Provincial Constable James Butler, a nine-month member of the Hearst OPP Detachment has been charged with Fail to yield to traffic onto highway, contrary to section 139(1) of the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario.

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