South Porcupine OPP officer faces careless driving charge following Hwy. 401 crash

[Michael Jack]

OPP officer faces careless driving charge following Hwy. 401 crash

CAMBRIDGE – Constable Gillian Coughlin, a 16-year veteran of the OPP, faces a careless driving charge in relation to a collision this past Friday (May 1) on Hwy. 401, near Hespeler Road.

The incident happened at about 5:35 p.m., heading eastbound, involving a fully marked OPP cruiser and a Land Rover SUV.

According to police, both vehicles remained drivable and no injuries were reported.

Officers from the OPP highway safety detachment and the Cambridge detachment led the investigation. A careless driving charge was announced Tuesday evening.

The accused officer is currently assigned to the South Porcupine OPP detachment.

http://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news-story ... 401-crash/

http://m.ourwindsor.ca/news-story/56033 ... -401-crash

[Michael Jack]

A sixteen year member of the OPP has been charged with careless driving.

It’s after she was involved in a crash on Friday on the 401 with her marked OPP vehicle.

The two-vehicle crash happened near Highway 24 in Cambridge.

No one was hurt, and both vehicles were able to drive away.

http://www.570news.com/2015/05/06/16-ye ... s-driving/

http://www.durhamradionews.com/archives/77384

[Michael Jack]

A provincial police officer has been charged with careless driving following a two-vehicle crash last week in Cambridge.

Police say no one was injured when a Ford Taurus fully marked O-P-P police vehicle collided with a Range Rover S-U-V on Highway 4-0-1.

Constable Gillian Coughlin - a 16-year veteran of the O-P-P currently assigned to the South Porcupine Detachment -- was charged under the Highway Act following an investigation.

http://www.magic106.com/2015/05/06/o-p- ... r-charged/

http://www.country1073.ca/news/latest/3 ... crash.html