(Central Frontenac Township, ON) – Officers from the Sharbot Lake Office of Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged the driver of a truck and trailer following the investigation of a single vehicle collision at Wagarville Road near Road 38 in Central Frontenac Township.
Shane MEEKS, aged 26, of Addington Highlands Township is charged with one count of Fail to Remain at the Scene of an Accident and one count of Fail to Stop at Stop Sign both contrary to the Highway Traffic Act.
The truck and trailer attempted a left turn from Road 38 onto Wagarville Road without stopping at a Stop Sign skidding and mounting a curb before becoming embedded on Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) tracks. The truck was freed and MEEKS left the scene and did not report the collision.
The damage to the tracks caused delays to rail and road traffic in the area for 10 hours. CP Rail estimated the damage and repair as costing no less than $10,000.
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