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FROM: Frontenac Detachment RELEASE: 15 May 2008 DE: PUBLICATION LE: Police Seek Graffiti Bandit Members of Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police are investigating damage to the Prince Charles Public School located in the village of Verona that occurred between Friday May 9^th and Monday May 12^th 2008. The school’s south west walls and a tree were spray painted with profanity. The culprit(s) also damaged the school’s soccer net. If anyone has information or may have seen anything please call Cst. Joe Marshall at 613-372-1932 Frontenac OPP or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. -30- Contact: Natalie McDowell Provincial Constable Frontenac Detachment Office: 613-372-1932 FROM: Frontenac Detachment RELEASE: IMMEDIATELY DE: PUBLICATION LE: Student Struck by School Bus Frontenac OPP are investigating a serious pedestrian-school bus collision that occurred earlier today at about 4:00 PM on Spooner Road in South Frontenac Township. The incident occurred after a six-year old boy exited a Laidlaw School bus and fell beneath the rear wheels. The boy was taken to Kingston General Hospital by Ambulance where he is being treated for serious injuries. Frontenac OPP were assisted at the scene by OPP Technical Traffic Collisions Investigators and Traffic Reconstructionists as well as members of the Kingston Police, South Frontenac Fire and Rescue, Frontenac Emergency Medical Services, the Ministry of Transportation and the Limestone District School Board. -30- Contacts: Jane Douglas Limestone District School Board 613-544-6925 x 311 or Const. Natalie McDowell Frontenac OPP Pager: 1-888-236-7747 FROM: Frontenac OPP RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2008 ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE TAKING PART IN ANNUAL NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK CAMPAIGN All 165 Ontario Provincial Police detachments, including Frontenac Detachment are taking part in the annual Canada Road Safety Week campaign aimed at making our roads the safest in the world. This year’s campaign runs from 12:01 a.m. on May 13 to 11:59 p.m. on May 19. “The goal of Canada Road Safety Week is to increase public compliance with safe driving measures and, ultimately, to save lives,” OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino said. “We will be targeting aggressive drivers, those who drink and drive and those who don’t buckle up. We will also be watching for motorists who don’t slow down and, where possible, move over when passing an emergency vehicle parked on the shoulder of the road with its emergency lights flashing.” Last year in Ontario, 451 people were killed in crashes on roads patrolled by the OPP. Transport Canada statistics for 2006, the last full year available, indicate that 2,889 people were killed in collisions across the country and another 15,281 were seriously injured. To date in 2008, there have been 102 people killed on O.P.P. patrolled Roadways. Out of those killed in 2008, 31 people died in speed related collisions, 27 people died in collisions where seat belts/child restraints were not used and 15 people died in alcohol related collisions. “For many years, the OPP, along with police agencies across the country, have collaborated to raise the awareness regarding issues of public safety on our roads,” We also use this campaign to demonstrate our commitment to public safety and community wellness. Canada Road Safety Week supports Canada’s Road Safety Vision 2010, a plan to make Canada’s roads the safest in the world by 2010. - 30 - Contact: Cst. Natalie McDowell Frontenac OPP 613-372-1932 www.opp.ca FROM: Frontenac Detachment RELEASE: 09 May 2008 DE: PUBLICATION LE: Impaired Driver Crashes Vehicle on Highway 401 Members of Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police with the assistance of Kingston City Police have charged a 32 year old Elizabethtown man with impaired driving and driving over the legal limit. The male was driving a Ford Taurus when he lost control and struck the center concrete median barrier on Highway 401 at Joyceville Road Thursday night, May 8^th 2008 at 8:48pm. The vehicle was demolished, the driver sustained non life threatening injuries and was transported to Kingston General Hospital. No other vehicles were involved in the collision. He will appear later this month in Kingston Court to answer to his criminal charges. -30- Contact: Natalie McDowell Provincial Constable Frontenac Detachment Office: 613-372-1932
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