(LEEDS, ON.) – Officers of the Leeds Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are continuing investigations into an impaired transport driver and vehicle driver overnight. Improper lighting on both prompted citizen calls. On January 3, 2019 at about 10:45 pm OPP officers received a call about a transport on Highway 401 driving all over the […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is set to conduct a robust Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) enforcement campaign, with their latest traffic data fueling their resolve to reduce the number of transport truck-related deaths on Ontario roads. As officers gear up for Operation Corridor on all major truck routes in the province, they are reporting 25 fatal collisions […]
“Driver inattention at its worst,” says OPP Commissioner (TORONTO, ON) – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Commissioner J.V.N. (Vince) Hawkes announced charges at a news conference today that stem from three recent separate commercial transport truck collisions that claimed the lives of six people, including a 14-year-old boy. Two of the collisions occurred on Highway 401, one […]
OPERATION CORRIDOR FLUSHES OUT AGGRESSIVE, UNSAFE COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT TRUCK DRIVERS (AURORA, ON) – Speeding and faulty equipment led the list of charges laid by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) during last week’s 24-hour Operation Corridor commercial motor vehicle safety blitz (June 15-16, 2017). During the campaign, officers stopped more than 700 commercial transport trucks throughout […]
Ontario Provincial Police News Portal [STORMONT DUNDAS and GLENGARRY] Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement 2016-03-14 FROM/DE: Stormont, Dundas & DATE: March 14th, 2016 Glengarry (SD&G) Detachment (South Glengarry) On Thursday March 10th, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Ministry of Transportation (MTO) officers focused their efforts on Commercial Vehicle Driver’s circumventing the Lancaster Truck Inspection Station to […]