{"id":87605,"date":"2026-10-28T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=87605"},"modified":"2026-10-28T05:49:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T09:49:42","slug":"thunder-bay-opp-driver-charged-following-motor-vehicle-collision-of-october-7th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/thunder-bay-opp-driver-charged-following-motor-vehicle-collision-of-october-7th\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder Bay OPP &#8211; Driver Charged Following Motor Vehicle Collision of October 7th"},"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>Officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged an impaired driver with multiple offences following a single motor vehicle collision.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, October 7, 2026, shortly before 7:00 p.m., officers with Thunder Bay OPP along with emergency medical services responded to reports of a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 587\/Pass Lake Road. Two individuals were transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Jaelyn LEVERT, 20 years old from Thunder Bay, was arrested and charged with the following <em>Criminal Code <\/em>and <em>Highway Traffic Act <\/em>offences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dangerous operation causing bodily harm<\/li>\n<li>Operation causing bodily harm<\/li>\n<li>Operation while impaired &#8211; blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)<\/li>\n<li>Careless driving<\/li>\n<li>Speeding 1-49 km\/h over posted limit<\/li>\n<li>Young driver &#8211; B.A.C. above zero<\/li>\n<li>Novice driver &#8211; B.A.C. above zero<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Thunder Bay on Wednesday, November 25, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The OPP is committed to public safety across Ontario. Members of the public are encouraged to report suspicious activity by calling 911 in emergency situations or through the non-emergency line at 1-888-310-1122.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged an impaired driver with multiple offences following a single motor vehicle collision. On Wednesday, October 7, 2026, shortly before 7:00 p.m., officers with Thunder Bay OPP along with emergency medical services responded to reports of a single motor vehicle collision on &#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-87605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87605","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=87605"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87607,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87605\/revisions\/87607"}],"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=87605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}