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Officer charged in crash involving cruiser

NEWS RELEASE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE ************************* HEARST – Shortly before 11:00 pm on Friday, December 19, 2014, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Hearst Detachment responded to a collision involving a police vehi

NEWS RELEASE

ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE

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HEARST – Shortly before 11:00 pm on Friday, December 19, 2014, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Hearst Detachment responded to a collision involving a police vehicle and a pickup truck at the intersection of Highway 11 and Cloutier Road North, just west of Hearst, Ontario.

As a result of the police investigation, Provincial Constable James BUTLER, a nine month member of the Hearst OPP Detachment has been charged with Fail to yield to traffic onto highway, contrary to section 139(1) of the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario.

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