An Ontario man has been charged with impaired driving and criminal negligence following a pickup truck accident that killed a pedestrian. Police say that the auto accident happened in the early hours of July 5 in St. Catharines after a police pursuit was cancelled over safety concerns.
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The Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the death of a 49-year-old male cyclist from Hamilton following an accident believed to have occurred on Governor’s Road near the community of St. George at about 7:30 p.m. on June 5. Officers do not believe that alcohol was a factor at this time; the auto-pedestrian accident took place in daylight, and road conditions were reportedly dry.
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An accident claimed the life of a teenage pedestrian on Ontario’s County Road 50 on May 30. The 16-year-old was pushing his dirt bike by the side of the road when he was hit by a minivan just before 10 p.m. The Ontario Provincial Police are continuing to investigate the reason for the auto-pedestrian accident. They did not speculate if speed, weather or road conditions, or driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs contributed to the accident.
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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.
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Some residents of Toronto may have heard about the recent hit-and-run incident that took place in Calgary. A 26-year-old man died at about 4 a.m. on Feb. 17 after having been struck by a vehicle near 40th Avenue North. The 25-year-old driver fled the scene of the auto-pedestrian accident at that time, but later returned to turn himself in. He has been charged with hit and run causing death.
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In what was listed as Toronto’s first traffic fatality of 2014, a 39-year-old woman died when a vehicle hit her as she walked across the street on Jan. 19. Authorities reported that a 19-year-old man was driving a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am near Northcliffe Boulevard and Eglinton Avenue West when his vehicle struck her at about 9:45 p.m. While police do not anticipate filing charges for the auto-pedestrian accident, they were still investigating the fatality at the time of the report.
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According to Peel Regional Police, a Mississauga man who allegedly struck a pedestrian and then left the scene has been charged with failing to remain on the scene of an accident causing death. The driver reportedly left the scene of the auto-pedestrian accident without making any attempt to offer aid to the seriously injured man. The pedestrian was rushed to a local hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries. The fatal accident occurred around 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of Morning Star Drive and Goreway Drive in Malton on Jan. 11.
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