{"id":85555,"date":"2026-08-03T08:11:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=85555"},"modified":"2026-08-03T08:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:50:16","slug":"marathon-opp-driver-charged-after-failing-to-stop-for-flagger-and-driving-on-closed-hwy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/03\/marathon-opp-driver-charged-after-failing-to-stop-for-flagger-and-driving-on-closed-hwy\/","title":{"rendered":"Marathon OPP &#8211; Driver Charged after Failing to stop for Flagger and driving on Closed Hwy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859-300x236.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>One person is facing several charges after failing to stop for a flagging person holding a stop sign and driving on a closed highway.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, July 30, 2026, at approximately 10:00 p.m. ET, members of the Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a collision investigation on Highway 17 at Steel River Bridge, when a driver failed to stop for the flagging person conducting traffic control. The driver drove down the closed highway before being stopped by police.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the investigation, Danielle WARREN, 36 years of age from Minnesota, USA, has been charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Impaired operation<\/li>\n<li>Failure or refusal to comply with demand<\/li>\n<li>Drive motor vehicle with cannabis readily available<\/li>\n<li>Drive on closed highway<\/li>\n<li>Driver fail to surrender licence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A 90-day Administrative Driver&#8217;s License Suspension (ADLS) and a seven-day vehicle impoundment was initiated as per statute.<\/p>\n<p>The accused was arrested and later released from custody. She is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Marathon on September 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>If you have an urgent traffic complaint or if you suspect someone is driving while their ability to operate a motor vehicle is impaired by drugs or alcohol, please call 9-1-1 immediately.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a non-emergency traffic complaint, you may also call 1-888-310-1122.<\/p>\n<p>Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One person is facing several charges after failing to stop for a flagging person holding a stop sign and driving on a closed highway. On Thursday, July 30, 2026, at approximately 10:00 p.m. ET, members of the Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a collision investigation on Highway 17 at Steel &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":75103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-10 09:16:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85557,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85555\/revisions\/85557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}