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FROM/DE: Bracebridge, ON DATE: 5 February 2010 MOTORIZED SNOW VEHICLE CRASH CLAIMS LIFE - UPDATE (BRACEBRIDGE, ON) – Members of the Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are looking into a single motorized snow vehicle (MSV) crash that occurred in the Township of Georgian Bay. At 1120 am today police were called to South Gibson Lake Road where an (MSV) had left the roadway and crashed. The operator of the MSV has been identified as 54__ year old Stephen PINK of _Mississauga____ and was pronounced dead at the scene. This is the second fatal MSV crash in Central region in the past 24 hours. The victim was wearing a protective helmet. Speed and alcohol are being investigated as factors in the accident. - 30 - Contact: Provincial Constable Jim Reading Phone: (705) 645-2211 FROM/DE: Bracebridge, ON DATE: 5 February 2010 MOTORIZED SNOW VEHICLE CRASH CLAIMS LIFE (BRACEBRIDGE, ON) – Members of the Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are looking into a single motorized snow vehicle (MSV) crash that occurred in the Township of Georgian Bay. At 1120 am today police were called to South Gibson Lake Road where an (MSV) had left the roadway and crashed. The operator of the (MSV) was pronounced dead at the scene. This is the second fatal MSV crash in Central region in the past 24 hours. The crash is under investigation by the OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigations Unit (TTCI) and is ongoing at this time. - 30 - Contact: Provincial Constable Jim Reading Phone: (705) 645-2211 FROM/DE: Bracebridge, ON DATE: 4 February 2010 School Bus Driver Charged following Collision (Bracebridge, ON.) – A First Student school bus travelling northbound on Hwy #11 left the roadway and entered the ditch while it was in the process of exiting the highway onto the Cedar Lane off ramp. The bus was carrying approximately 20 students from area schools at the time. None of the students were injured and the bus only sustained minor damage. The roadway was closed for a short period of time while police investigated and had the bus removed from the scene. The uninjured 56 year old driver, Mr. David Knight of Bracebridge was subsequently charged with Careless Driving under the Highway Traffic Act. Contact: Provincial Constable Jim Reading Phone: (705) 645-2211 FROM/DE: Bracebridge, ON DATE: 3 February 2010 OPP LAY CHARGES AGAINST IMPAIRED DRIVER (BRACEBRIDGE, ON) – In the early morning hours of 31 January 2010, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Bracebridge Detachment observed a car driving erratically on Dominion Street, Bracebridge. Police suspected the driver might be impaired and attempted to stop the car. Police were able to safely stop the car but the driver refused to provide a breath sample. 51 year old Darryl DUKOFF is charged with Impaired Operation of a motor vehicle, Refusal to provide a breath sample into Approved Instrument and Failing to Stop for Police.   DUKOFF is scheduled to attend Bracebridge Court on 9 March 2010 to answer to his charges. - 30 - Contact: Provincial Constable Jim Reading Phone: (705) 645-2211
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