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Ontario good Samaritan killed while assisting accident victim

A 21-year-old man on his way to work during the pre-dawn hours of March 3 was killed in Ontario after stopping to help the driver trapped behind the wheel of a van that had flipped over. The Victoria Harbour resident, who had been commuting to his 6 a.m. job at a construction site in Toronto, reportedly saw the van as he drove by and pulled off the road, but he didn’t notice an oncoming tractor-trailer. That driver couldn’t control his vehicle, which jackknifed and hit the young man.… Continue Reading

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Truck strikes car, killing 2 on Highway 401

The Ontario Provincial Police have reported that two people were killed in a May 10 collision on Highway 401 involving a car and a tractor-trailer. One of the accident victims was a 13-year-old child. Authorities say that the cause of the accident is still being investigated. However, the sequence of events indicate that a negligent driver may have been responsible.

According to an OPP report, the accident took place around 2:30 p.m. in the vicinity of Mull Road. A tractor-trailer in the westbound lanes of Ontario Highway 401 struck a car after it strayed across the center median and into the path of oncoming traffic.… Continue Reading

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