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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2015-07-22, Page 5Wednesday, July 22, 2015 • News Record 5 www.clintonnewsrecord.com Bluewater native, Ryan O'Reilly, charged with impaired driving Laura Broadley Clinton News Record Varna native and Buffalo Sabres' centre, Ryan O'Reilly has been charged with impaired driving by Mid- dlesex OPP. ■oppnews Laura Broadley Clinton News Record CENTRAL HURON DRIVER FACING SEVERAL CHARGES A 61 -year-old driver from Kingsville is facing several charges after he was stopped on July 15, 2015 for speeding. At approximately 6:40 p.m. a OPP officer observed a Ford pickup truck travelling northbound on Bluewater Veteran's Highway at a high rate of speed. The officer measured the truck's speed with a RADAR device and locked the vehicle's speed at 120 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone. The officer turned around and was able to stop the pickup ruck at Kitchigami Road. While speaking with the driver the of - icer detected signs the driver An OPP release said the alleged incident took place on July 9 at approximately 4 a.m. OPP were called to the scene of a single vehicle crash in Lucan. According to the release the occupants of the green had consumed some alcohol. A roadside screening test was performed and the driver regis- tered a fail. He was placed un- der arrest and searched. Upon searching the vehicle the inves- tigating officer located open alcohol in the vehicle along with a quantity of marihuana. The driver was then transported to the Huron OPP detachment for breath tests. He provided two samples of his breath to a quali- fied Intoxilizer Technician and both samples registered over the legal limit. As a result, a 61 -year-old male from Kingsville has been charged with Drive Motor Ve- hicle - Over 80 Milligrams of Alcohol, Possession of a Sched- ule II Substance - Cannabis Marihuana, Speeding and Drive Motor Vehicle with Open Liquor. He has been released from cus- tody with a court appearance scheduled for the Ontario Court Chevrolet pickup truck struck a building on Rich- mond Street and then fled the scene in the vehicle before being located by police a short time later. O'Reilly, 24, has been charged with driving while of Justice - Goderich on August 17, 2015. He also received an automatic 90 day driver's li- cence suspension and his motor vehicle has been impounded for seven days. CENTRAL HURON RACING DRIVER NEARLY CAUSES HEAD-ON COLLISION A 47 -year-old driver from Ash- field-Colborne-Wawanosh has been charged with Racing fol- lowing a near miss head-on col- lision yesterday afternoon south of Bayfield. Just before 2:30 p.m. a OPP officer observed the driver of a Ford F-150 travelling northbound on BluewaterVet- eran's Highway near Blue Bluff Road at a high rate of speed. The officer, travelling in the same direction as the Ford ability impaired - motor vehicle (alcohol), care and control over 80 mgs and with fail to remain. He was released on a promise to appear and is scheduled to appear at a London court on August 20. watched as the driver entered into the oncoming lane to pass a string of three vehicles. The pickup truck accelerated to a speed of 132 km/h in a posted 80 kilometres per hour zone to complete the pass of the vehi- cles. The dangerous pass forced a southbound vehicle into tak- ing evasive action in order to avoid a head-on collision. The speed of the pickup truck was measured by a RADAR device. A male, 47 years of age, from Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh has been charged with Race a Motor Vehicle. His licence has been suspended for seven days and his pickup truck has been impounded for the week. He has a court appearance sched- uled for September 1, 2015 at Provincial Offences Act Court in Goderich. TRAFFIC COMPLAINT LEADS TO IMPAIRED DRIV- O'Reilly signed a $52 mil- lion contract with the Buf- falo Sabres on July 2. Sabres' general manager, Tim Murray, released this statement via Twitter on July 13, "We are aware of the reports regarding the ING ARREST A 54 -year-old driver from Bluewater is facing charges for Impaired Driving and Drive Mo- tor Vehicle - Over 80 Milligrams following a traffic stop on July 11, 2015. At approximately 7:40 p.m. OPP officers received a call con- cerning the driver of a Volkswa- gen Cabriolet that nearly struck a cyclist on Cameron Street in Bayfield. Officers began patrolling for the possible impaired driver and a little while later a Huron OPP officer located the suspect vehicle on Bluewater Veteran's Highway near Short Hill Road. As the officer was following the suspect vehicle the vehicle crossed over into the oncoming lane of travel. At this point the officer initiated a traffic stop and safely stopped the vehicle. While speaking with the incident involving Ryan O'Reilly last week. We are currently in the process of gathering more information and will have no further comment until we have spo- ken with all parties involved." driver the officer detected the odour of alcohol on the driver's breath and he also ob- served several signs of impair- ment. The driver was placed under arrest for Impaired Driving and was transported to the Huron OPP detachment for breath tests. He provided two samples of his breath to a qualified Intoxilizer Technician and both samples registered over the legal limit. As a result, 54 -year-old male from Bayfield has been charged with Impaired Driving and Drive Motor Vehicle - Over 80 Milligrams of Alcohol. He has been released from cus- tody with a court appearance scheduled for the Ontario Court of Justice - Goderich on August 24, 2015. He also received an automatic 90 day driver's licence suspension and his motor vehicle has been impounded for seven days. FROM THE ARCHIVES 15 Years Ago... • Vandalism was plaguing Hullett Wildlife Area as it had been for a num- ber of years. This time the disabled hunting blind was ripped down. The damage was estimated at $600. The hunting blind was first built in 1996 and was located just off of Burns Line. It was only one of a handful of its kind across Ontario. No one had been for- mally charged with the crime. • A Central Huron Secondary School student was hired by the Huron County Library to assist in the provision of internet and email access to the resi- dents of Clinton through the public library branch. The federally created Community Access Program was man- dated to provide affordable public access to the internet for Canadians in rural and urban areas. 25 Years Ago... • A lobby group was formed against the Mid Huron Landfill site. Art Bell, a fruit farmer in Goderich township, said there had been 13 cases of cancer in Holmesville during the previous 10 years. There were 54 households in the village and in similar villages of the same size, there were no more than three cases of cancer during that period, according the Bell's calcula- tions. A public meeting was held earlier in the year to discuss the landfill site between the dump's operators and area residents over the continued use of the site. • Stephen township farmer, Harvey Hodgins, described the ordeal of when he lost his leg while working in a self - unloading forage wagon. In 1989, there were 2,284 lost -time agriculture related accidents in Ontario. That same year, 31 fatalities were recorded by Farm Safety Association. By July of 1990, there were already eight fatalities. • "There's no nice accident," said John Underwood, chairman for the Farm Safety media day. " There's no nice way to die in agriculture. It's always traumatic." • Coastal bluffs continued to erode into Lake Huron. A shoreline manage- ment expert recommended erosion should be allowed to continue and structures that restricted the movement of sand should not be built. Although residents rushed to erect structures to defend against erosion, shoreline man- agement said that many such defenses were inadequate and they produced negative effects to the south of the structures. • "There's a limited supply of sand (along the Lake Huron shore)," said Bill Baird, a coastal engineer at the time. 35 Years Ago... • A record number of houses were for sale in Clinton. A combination of sev- eral factors led to the surplus of houses and farms for sale and realtors agreed that the high interest rate for the months previous had kept people from either selling their house or buying another one. At the time, in Clinton, there were 120 homes for sale. One agent said the lack of industry in town was failing to attract new people. • "That's far more than usual," said Hal Hartley, a Clinton real estate agent. "About 30 or 40 on the market at any given time would be an optimum number." • Huron County reported a dramatic increase in welfare cases compared to the previous year. John McKinnon, an administrator of social services, said the increase reflected the general state of the country's economy. There were 47 employable people on welfare rolls at the time compared to only 21 the year previous. if it's local, it's here clintonnewsrecord.com