(TRENT HILLS, ON) – At 8:00pm last night (January 1, 2015) Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a car fire on Concession Road 8 East of Trent Hills. Trent Hills Fire Department attended and extinguished the fire which completely destroyed the 2002 Honda CRV that had struck a tree. No one was located in the vehicle and the drivers’ whereabouts were unknown.
Fire officials and police began to search the surrounding area. OPP K9 and Emergency Response Team (ERT) were activated to assist with the search in the event that a possibly injured occupant was wandering around in the frigid temperatures.
The driver was located by police two hours later some distance from the collision scene. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) was contacted to assist the male who was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
As a result of the investigation, Paul BURGESS age 59 of Trent Hills has been charged with Careless Driving.
