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One person has been charged after a crash that resulted in the closure of Highway 17 this morning.
Around 6:38 a.m. (Wednesday) Dryden OPP, Machin Volunteer Fire Department and Northwest Emergency Medical Services responded to a motor vehicle collision east of Vermillion Bay.
Police say two tractor-trailer units collided, completely blocking and closing the Trans Canada Highway.
As a result of the investigation Police have charged 27 year old Tejinder Singh of Winnipeg, MB with:
Unsafe Move Lane or Shoulder – Highway Traffic Act
There were no injuries reported and the Highway is now fully re-opened. ); } return false; }); $( #comments .commentlist .comment-content a ).attr( target , blank );
Opinion: Warnings better than roadblocks when it comes to travel restrictions - Opinion castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The publicity and warnings about the police enforcement of regional travel bans in B.C. will probably have a lot more impact than the actual checkpoints. As officials have noted, most people are . . .
So the actual checkpoints are unlikely to turn into any kind of dragnet roundup of “non-essential travellers.” And Friday’s description of how they will work suggests they’ll be set up with a light touch. Pulling over and interrogating large numbers of drivers on a major highways looked unlikely right from the start. It would have turned into something resembling this week’s pop-up AstraZeneca clinics. (Gridlock.) As with CounterAttack, the risk of encountering a checkpoint will deter more people than the actual checks. It will take up a lot of police resources, but they had to follow up the warning with some enforcement.