On Saturday, February 13, 2021, approximately 07:21 pm, officers of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision (MVC), involving a pickup truck and tractor-trailer unit (TTU) on Highway 17, approximately 30km west of Marathon near the Little Pic River Bridge.<\/p>\n
Officers arrived on the scene to find a blue TTU in the eastbound ditch and a grey GMC pickup truck approximately 150mts west in the westbound lane against the guard rails.<\/p>\n
The only occupant of the pickup truck, 69-year-old David Hamilton of Schreiber, ON was pronounced deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n
The driver and passenger of the TTU were transported to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries and later released.<\/p>\n
The driver of the TTU, 35-year-old, Prabhjot Cheema, of Brampton, Ontario has been charged with Dangerous Operation Causing Death sec. 320.13(3) of the Criminal Code. The next court appearance for this matter is 20 January 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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