(ROCKVILLE, ON) – On Sunday November 30, 2014 at 1:25 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was advised of an Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) collision on Tower Road and Rockville Road in Howland Township. Upon arrival on scene a male was being attended by Emergency Medical Service personnel a Polaris black and white side by side dune buggy style UTV was observed with severe damage to it.
Preliminary investigation reveals that the vehicle was travelling on Tower Road when it left the roadway rolling over and ejecting the male passenger who was not wearing a helmet. The male was transferred to Mindemoya hospital where he was airlifted to Sudbury with life threatening injuries. As a result of the investigation a male was arrested on scene and was taken to Mindemoya Hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
Robert Gerald SHEPPARD age 34 of Howland Township has been charged with the following offences.
Driving a Motor Vehicle While Ability Impaired by Alcohol Causing Bodily Harm contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada.
Failing to Provide a Breath Sample contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
The investigation is continuing and an OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigator (TTCI) has been called in to assist with the investigation. The accused has been issued a 90 day Automatic Drivers Licence Suspension ADLS. He was released on an undertaking with conditions to appear in Ontario Court of Justice in Gore Bay on January 26, 2014.
