On Saturday October 31, 2020 shortly after 9:45 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint where a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Highway 17 and Highway 538 within Tarbutt-Tarbutt Additional Township.<\/p>\n
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The investigation determined, three individuals were out of their vehicle at a local gas station parking lot on Highway 17.\u00a0A black pick-up truck attempted to strike the three pedestrians.\u00a0The driver was known to the pedestrians. They departed the area and attended a residence.<\/p>\n
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A short time later they returned to a carpool parking lot at the junction of Highway 548 and Highway 17.\u00a0While out of their vehicles, the same black pick-up entered the carpool area.\u00a0It drove towards them aggressively, eventually striking one of the individuals and knocking that person to the ground.\u00a0The pick-up truck then left the area without stopping to check on the individual.<\/p>\n
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The 18 year old pedestrian was transported via ambulance to local hospital in Richards Landing with non-life-threatening injuries and was later released.<\/p>\n
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Shortly after 12:30 a.m., on November 1, 2020, a 16 year old, from Echo Bay was charged with:\u00a0Two Counts of Dangerous Operation, contrary to section 320.13(1) of the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n
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The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Blind River on January 7, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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