HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2014-01-15, Page 22 News Record • Wednesday, January 15, 2014
No injuries reported despite high number of collisions
Gerard Creces
Clinton News -Record
It was a busy week for the Huron OPP,
but a largely uneventful one.
During the snowstorm that crippled
southern Ontario and closed Huron
County roads for three days, the police
fielded many calls from motorists. Most
were regarding cars that had gone off
the road or were abandoned in the
ditch.
From Monday through to Thursday,
Jan. 6-9, there were 32 abandoned vehi-
cle calls and 21 motor vehicle collisions
reported to police. Those were the calls
police cleared off.
Many motorists left their vehicles in
the ditch as tow trucks were not availa-
ble or unable to reach them. Some of
the calls may have been doubled up,
noted Constable James Stanley, and
more incidents did occur, though they
did not require a formal police process.
The good news in all of this is despite
the high number of calls, no one was
hurt.
"I couldn't find one where injuries
were reported," Stanley said, going over
the incident reports post -blizzard.
"They are all related to property
damage "
Police also responded to a snowplow
in the ditch, as well as a snowmobiler
who had to abandon his sled while out
checking on his cattle. In one instance,
a police cruiser was rear-ended by a
road grader.
However, Stanley noted police also
performed emergency escort services,
transporting doctors to hospitals and
bringing medication from Stratford to
Goderich hospital and in one case, an
escort of snowplows and police brought
a patient to hospital in London.
"There was nothing major," Stanley
said. "We don't have that story of the
guy buried in snow for 30 days."
Highway 21 north was the worst of
the roads in Huron County, finally
opened by Friday morning and an over-
turned salt truck saw Donnybrook Line
near Auburn closed until Thursday.
Stanley said when closing roads, the
OPP continually checks on their status.
"As soon as it's possible and passable,
we open them up," he said.
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