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FROM/DE:  Bancroft Detachment                      DATE:  July 02, 2009

 

 

 

SINGLE VEHICLE ROLLOVER

 

 

(Bancroft, ON.)  In the early evening of Wednesday July 01st 2009 Officers from the Bancroft detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to the report of a motor vehicle collision on Highway 62 in the Municipality of Hastings Highlands, just north of Old Hastings Road.  Officers arrived at the scene and located a Jeep Cherokee in the east ditch.  Investigation revealed that the Jeep was travelling northbound on Highway 62 when the driver lost control and rolled in the east ditch.  The driver of the Jeep, a 62 year old male of Pontypool, Ontario was transported to Quinte Healthcare North Hastings by ambulance with injuries.  Investigation is ongoing in relation to the collision.

 

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Contact:  Susanne Cox

                 Community Service Officer

                 Bancroft OPP

 

Phone:  613-332-2112

 

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FROM/DE:  Bancroft Detachment                      DATE:  June 30, 2009

 

 

 

Male Charged with Over 80 and Impaired

 

 

(Bancroft, ON.)  On the morning of Monday the 29th of June 2009 Officers from the Bancroft detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to the report of a single motor vehicle collision on Airport Road in the Municipality of Hastings Highlands.  Officers arrived at the scene and located a Ford Ranger pickup truck in the ditch.  Investigation revealed that the vehicle was travelling northbound on Albion Lake Road, approaching Airport Road when the driver swerved to miss a deer.  The driver lost control and entered the ditch on Airport Road.  The driver of the vehicle failed a roadside screening test, was arrested and transported to the Bancroft OPP detachment for breathalyzer tests.  19 year old Alexandre Johnson-Sutterlin of Nepean, Ontario has been charged with care and control of a motor vehicle with over 80 milligrams of alcohol in his blood and impaired operation of a motor vehicle, contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada.  Mr. Johnson-Sutterlin was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in Bancroft court on the 11th of August, 2009  

 

 

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Contact:  Susanne Cox

                 Community Service Officer

                 Bancroft OPP

 

Phone:  613-332-2112

 

Please visit the OPP 100th Anniversary website at www.opp100.ca for information about upcoming events, updates, images, video and other information relating to the OPP 100th Anniversary