SIU investigates crash into hydro pole after flight from Peterborough County OPP

Ontario’s constabulary watchdog has invoked its instruction aft a conveyance reportedly fled from OPP eastbound of Peterborough and collapsed connected Monday morning, knocking retired hydro to thousands of residents.

Peterborough County OPP connected Wednesday said astir 11:30 a.m. an serviceman was operating County Road 48 successful Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township erstwhile nan constabulary cruiser’s automated licence sheet nickname strategy issued an alert for a conveyance that passed successful nan other direction.

The serviceman tried to behaviour a postulation stop, but nan conveyance grounded to stop, constabulary allege.

OPP opportunity a short clip later nan conveyance collapsed into a hydro rod astatine a hydro position connected Belmont 6th Line.

The driver, and lone occupant, was taken to infirmary pinch non-life-threatening injuries, OPP said.

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Hydro One reported that much than 5,000 customers — stretching from Havelock to Sharbot Lake — mislaid powerfulness for respective hours arsenic a consequence of nan crash.

James Martin, 21, of Havelock, was arrested and charged pinch vulnerable cognition of a centrifugal vehicle, formation from police, driving while nether suspension, operating a conveyance without insurance, utilizing a licence sheet not authorized from nan conveyance and nonaccomplishment to comply pinch a probation order.

He was released and is scheduled to look successful tribunal successful Peterborough connected Aug. 20.

OPP notified Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit astir nan incident, prompting it to invoke its mandate.

The SIU has yet to comment. The constabulary watchdog investigates incidents involving constabulary and civilians that consequence successful either superior injury, death, nan discharge of an officer’s firearm aliases allegations of intersexual assault.

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