Nearly five years after a diabetic driver’s dangerously low blood sugar levels resulted in the deaths of three people, an Ontario ombudsman has released a list of 19 recommendations for the Ministry of Transportation. The original report came about because relatives of two of the people killed asked for new guidelines regarding diabetic drivers.
Continue reading Ontario reviews procedures for diabetic drivers
In April, the parents of an Ontario man who died in a 2012 auto accident at the age of 22 lent their voices to a class action lawsuit. They joined numerous others in suing General Motors Canada over the way that the American automaker dealt with recall notices that ultimately affected 1.6 million vehicles across the globe and more than 230,000 in Canada alone. Reports did not say whether all of the lawsuits were related to fatal motor vehicle accidents or personal injury accidents.
Continue reading Mother and father sue GM after son dies
An accident in Toronto involving a car and a motorcycle has resulted in a pedestrian and motorcycle rider being hospitalized. The auto-pedestrianan accident took place on Yonge Street near Pleasant Boulevard, approximately one block south of St. Clair Avenue, on April 6.
Continue reading 2 hurt in Toronto motorcycle-pedestrian accident
The second most dangerous city for pedestrians in Ontario has recently conducted a study on pedestrian accident collisions. A city councillor in Hamilton was seeking additional information on traffic accidents and the possible impact of changing one-way streets to streets with traffic travelling both directions. He also wondered if walkers with ear buds contributed to accidents, but that information was unavailable because of a lack of detail in available police reports.
Continue reading Ontario report on pedestrian safety released
A 42-year-old woman who was reportedly speeding and distracted allegedly caused a one-car accident that inflicted serious injuries on a man mowing a lawn by a rural road. She is scheduled to be sentenced in an Ontario Court after she pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving at an earlier hearing. Recently, the man who was injured in the accident explained that he does not want the driver to be incarcerated. The defence lawyer for the woman agreed and said that she made a mistake, is sorry for her actions and has no criminal history. She also expressed her regret during proceedings.
Continue reading Woman awaits sentencing in pedestrian accident
A two-car crash on Highway 23 on 8 a.m. March 22 near Minto left one person dead and four others injured. The cause of the crash is not yet known.
Continue reading Ontario crash injures 4, kills 1
A tanker truck accident involving two other vehicles on Grey Road 8 in the Township of Southgate injured two people and killed a man just before lunch on March 15. According to Grey County Ontario Provincial Police, a vehicle stopped in a southbound lane of Grey Road 8 because of whiteout conditions. The driver got out of his car, and while he was standing at its rear, an International tanker truck heading south ran into the car and driver. After that, another vehicle ran into the tanker truck.
Continue reading Man killed in Ontario tanker truck accident, 2 injured
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