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Clinton News Record, 2016-11-23, Page 88 News Record • Wednesday, November 23, 2016 clintonnewsrecord.com Celebrate Incredible. Help us recognize the junior citizens who make our communities better. Nominate someone age 6-17 for a 2016 Ontario Junior Citizen Award! Annaleise Carr, 2012 and 2014 Ontario Junior Citizen, Simcoe, ON At 14, Annaleise Carr was the youngest person ever to swim across Lake Ontario. Two years later, Annaleise swam across Lake Erie. Combined these efforts raised awareness and hundreds of thousands of dollars for Camp Trillium, a family camp for children with cancer. Her book, Annaleise Carr: How I Conquered Lake Ontario to Help Kids Battling Cancer, inspires others to take on great challenges and help their fellow citizens. Do you know someone who is involved in worthwhile community service, is contributing while living with a limitation, has performed an heroic act, demonstrates individual excellence, or is going above and beyond to help others? If so, nominate them today! Nominations are open until November 30, and nomination forms are available from this newspaper, and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association at www.ocna.org or 416-923-7724 ext. 4439. ocna Ontario Community Newspapers Asscdanon ONTARIO JUNIOR CITIZEN AWARDS Sponsored by: OPP UPDATES FATAL TWO -VEHICLE CRASH WEST OF ZURICH (BLUEWATER, ON) — Investigators from the West Region Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Technical Traffic Collision Investigation (TTCI) Team investigated a two -vehicle fatal crash that took place west of Zurich on Sunday, November 19. At approximately 12:00 p.m. Huron County OPP, Zurich Fire Department and Huron County Paramedic Services responded to the crash scene located at the intersection of Zurich-Hensall Road (Huron County Road #84) and Bronson Line. Investigators have determined the driver of a Jeep Compass was travelling south- bound on Bronson Line when he failed to stop at a stop sign controlling the inter- section of Bronson Line and Zurich-Hen- sall Road. The Jeep entered into the intersection whereupon it was struck by a Chevrolet Silverado that was travelling eastbound on Zurich-Hensall Road. The driver/lone occupant of the pickup truck was ejected from his vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He has been identified as John VANDER- BURGT, 61 years of age from the Munici- pality of Bluewater. The driver/lone occupant of the Jeep Compass, a 57 -year-old male from Mount Vernon, Illinois was transported from the scene by land ambulance to a local hospital where he was treated for minor injuries. A charge under the Highway Traffic Act is pending. MALE APPREHENDED AT RURAL RESIDENCE Charges laid, male to appear in bail court (MUNICIPALITY OF HURON EAST, ON) — As a result of a criminal investigation at a residence along North Line between Hydro Line Road and Bridge Road on Wednes- day afternoon November 16, 2016, the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested a male. Due to nature of the investigation and to ensure public safety, North Line was closed by the OPP for over four hours. Specialized OPP units were deployed to the rural property ensuring a safe out- come to the investigation and the arrest of a male at the scene. 40 -year-old Shawn Douglas ELLIOTT of the Municipality of Huron East has been charged with the following Criminal Code of Canada offences: • Uttering Threats — Cause death or Bod- ily Harm • Possession of Weapon for Dangerous purpose • Cruelty to animals • Assault Causing Bodily Harm • Assault with a weapon x2 • Assault • Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle He remains in custody and is to appear for a bail hearing. Anyone with information involving crim- inal activity is requested to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1 -800 -222 -TIPS (8477), you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000. DANGEROUS DRIVER RACKS UP TEN CHARGES (HURON EAST & CENTRAL HURON, ON) - A male driver remains in custody on a total of 10 charges following a police chase that took place in early November. Shortly before 3:00 p.m. on November 2, 2016 Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were dispatched to investigate a fail to remain collision that had just taken place on Huron Road near Maple Line. Officers learned the driver of a Pontiac Pursuit was travelling westbound on Huron Road when the driver clipped the front end of a pickup truck while trying to complete a pass. The driver of the Pontiac Pursuit did not stop and pro- ceeded to flee the scene of the crash. The victim followed for a short dis- tance however the suspect vehicle was quickly lost. Minutes later officers began receiving calls about the suspect vehicle travel- ling in the Town of Seaforth in a dan- gerous manner nearly striking some pedestrians. An officer spotted the sus- pect vehicle on Front Road at Kinburn Line and signaled for the driver to stop however the driver failed to stop for the officer and continued westbound. Shortly thereafter, another officer spot- ted the suspect vehicle travelling into Vanastra at a high rate of speed. The officer gave chase and followed the sus- pect vehicle toward Clinton on High- way 4. Upon entering Clinton the driver of the suspect vehicle drove over a tire deflation device and the Pontiac Pursuit came to a stop a short distance down the road. The driver was quickly placed under arrest and taken into custody. A 31 year old male from London is facing the following charges: • Dangerous Driving • Flight From Police • Fail to Stop at the Scene of an Accident • Driving While Disqualified • Take Motor Vehicle Without Consent • Careless Driving • Fail to Remain at the Scene of an Acci- dent • Drive While Under Suspension • Breach of Probation (2 counts) He remains in custody with a court date scheduled for November 16, 2016 at the Ontario Court of Justice — Goderich.