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Const. Dave Mounsey was air-lifted to hospital in London
after being involved in a two-car collision in Morris on
Saturday. Blyth firefighters called to extricate the officer
from the demolished cruiser, were hosting an open house
at the fire hall when the call came in. The driver of the
second vehicle, a 17-year-old from Morris was also taken
to London hospital. Police said the condition of the two was
serious, but non-life-threatening. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Officer, teen injured in collision
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Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County
Volume 20 No. 40
Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004
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On Oct. 11 at 7:30 a.m. Huron OPP
were contacted by a citizen over a
single-vehicle crash located on
Amberley Rd. just east of- Wingham
in Morris-Tumberry.
Police said, a silver 2003 Nissan
_Infinity G35 had been eastbound at a
speed above the posted limit when
the driver failed to maneuver a curve
in the road just east of McLean Line.
The vehicle left the roadway, entered
the south ditch, became airborne,
then landed in a bean field and came
to rest near a group of spruce trees.
The driver was ejected from the
vehicle and was found on the other
side of the group of trees.
Though the crash was not spotted
until 7:30 a.m. Monday, officers have
determined that it took place Sunday
between 11 p.m. and 11:15 p.m'.
The owner of the vehicle was
contacted and it was found that the
car involved had been stolen in the
evening from a cottage in Huron
Twp. south of Kincardine.
Trevor Madill, 31, from the
Petersburg area has been identified as
the deceased.
The county road was closed until
12:30 p.m. while officers
investigated.
Police also investigated a crash
early Oct. 8. At approximately 6:45
a.m. three vehicles were involved in
a collision at the intersection of Blyth
Road and London - Road in North
Huron located at the south end of
Blyth.
A 1999 Dodge Caravan, driven by
Marcie Lorenz, 24, of Vanastra had
been westbound on Blyth Road and-
stopped at the intersection. She failed
to see a 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix,
driven by Randall Guay, 43, of
Clinton who was southbound on
London Road, and pulled out in front
of him.
Upon impact one vehicle
continued on striking a 2002
Volkswagen Jetta driven by Brian
Kellington. 42, of Morris-Tumberry
that was stopped at the .stop
sign.
On Saturday, Oct. 9 at
approximately 1 p.m. officers from
the Huron County OPP were, called
to the scene of a two-vehicle
collision that occurred at the
intersection of Walton Road and
Clyde Line in Morris. The collision
involved a marked police cruiser and
a pickup truck.
By Keith Roulston
Citizen publisher
Surrounding counties owe
Huron's ambulance service about
$375,000 a year for calls into their
jurisdictions and county councillors
are anxious to collect.
_ "At $375,000 a year we must be
near a million-dollar figure (in total
amount owing)," calculated Bernie'
MacLellan, East Huron councillor.
"We need to let the other counties
know the figure is mounting up and
we may have to go to court to
recover what's owing."
A meeting is scheduled for Oct. 20
with surrounding municipalities to
discuss the matter.
Treasurer Dave Carey told council
that some of the surrounding
counties are disputing Huron's
figures. Huron is the only county in
the area which is owed money and
some . counties have not
"recognized" the expense of the
money they owe to ,Huron in past
OPP Const. Dave Mounsey, 48,
was responding to a call and heading
east on Walton Road. A pickup
driven by Sarah Longlade, 17, of
Morris was travelling south on
Clyde Line.
The, two vehicles collided within
the intersection.
After the collision the cruiser left
years and don't want to deal with the
accumulated total in their current
year.
Carey said the province needs to
find other ways to compensate
county ambulance systems for calls
outside their own territory. There
was never a proper compensation
program put in _place for cross-
border billing after the province
downloaded ambulance service to
By Dale Newman
Special to The Citizen
On Oct. 5, a large group addressed
Huron East council about the land
dispute at Moncrieff.
Mayor Joe Seili was absent so
deputy-mayor Bernie MacLellan
chaired the meeting.
The committee stated that they
wanted Cindy Moyer to remove her
the roadway and entered a steep
ditch. The pickup also left the
roadway, rolled over and landed
back on its wheels. Clyde Line is
controlled by a yield sign.
The Blyth Fire Department
attended and extricated the police
officer from the car. Both drivers
were airlifted to the London Health
the municipalities. There are other
ways to compensate counties
like Huron such as through
the Community Reinvestment
Fund.
Across the province only a
handful of municipalities are owed
money by their neighbours;
explained David Lew, ambulance
service manager. In Renfrew,
surrounding municipalities were
property off municipal land and to
allow the Crawfords to put up a
fence on their property line.
• The committee also asked council
why it took over a year to address
the issue with no real answer-coming
forth. The committee suggested that
they give the four foot strip of land
in question back to the farm it was
originally donated from.
Councillor Mark Beaven said "An
Sciences Centre with serious but
non-life threatening injuries.
Both vehicles were damaged
beyond repair,
An OPP Technical Traffic
Collision Investigation Tear., was
called to the scene to assist officers.
The investigation is contin-
uing.
billed for 2002 calls and all but
Ottawa anteed up. However when
Renfrew sent out 2003 bills, nobody
paid because Ottawa hadn't paid the
previous year.
ARenfrew is now taking Ottawa to
court,-Lew said.
Warden Bill Dowson explained
it's an ongoing problem which his
predecessor Dave Urlin had worked
hard to solve, without success.
individual by merely planting a
garden should not be rewarded by
giving them the land."
As this has become a legal matter
for council they have a decision to
make on whether to take this matter
to court on behalf of the ratepayers.
A decision on what action will be
taken will probably be decided at the
next session of council.
Huron wants to recover ambulance fees
Moncrieff group attends council