OPP officer charged with manslaughter in fatal shooting on Highway 401
A Chatham-Kent OPP officer has been charged with manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death in the shooting of a 24-year-old man on Highway 401 in July.
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Elgin man charged in fatal shooting of Londoner in Sparta
A London man has been identified as the victim in a fatal New Year’s Day shooting in Sparta.
Rockwood Terrace resident dies after battling COVID
A resident of Rockwood Terrace has died after contracting COVID-19, Grey County long-term-care director Jennifer Cornell announced in an update Friday. The county-run long-term-care home in Durham has been in outbreak since it was declared by the Grey Bruce Health Unit Dec. 22. “I am saddened to report one resident who has been battling COVID-19 […]
Huron County police sound alarm after fatal Christmas Eve drug overdose
A Christmas Eve opioid overdose death is the latest of four this month in Huron County – doubling the area’s number of fatal ODs this year and sparking concern for police. The four people in that area north of London who’ve died from suspected opioid overdoses this month ranged in age from 32 to 43, […]
Family issues Christmas plea to driver in unsolved fatal hit-and-run
On their first Christmas without him, the family of Johannes “Iwan” Smolders – struck and killed in a hit-and-run while cycling on a country road in October – is asking the driver to come forward. “Your choices that night took away a really, really special man and your choices that night to leave him on […]
London cop probed in fatal shooting shot another suspect months earlier
The London police officer who fatally shot a Sarnia man in a Richmond Row alley two months ago is the same officer who shot an armed man twice during a confrontation in the summer, The Free Press has learned.
OPP identify victim of house fire in Meaford
The person who died in a fatal fire in rural Meaford last month has been identified by police. On Nov. 27 at approximately 10:50 p.m., police, fire and emergency services responded to the blaze on the 10th Concession just east of Owen Sound. One person was removed from the residence and pronounced dead at the […]
Pedestrian dies in collision in Meaford Friday
A pedestrian died in a collision with an SUV Friday night in Meaford. A Grey Bruce OPP news release said police, firefighters and paramedics attended a report of a collision between an SUV and pedestrian on Sykes Street North just before 6 p.m. The person was pronounced dead at hospital. The road was closed while […]
Police investigate fatal crash in downtown Meaford
Provincial police in Grey Bruce County say one person is dead after a crash in Meaford early Friday evening.
‘Everything just stopped’: Court hears pain caused by impaired driver in fatal crash
Family and friends of a Woodstock man killed in a 2019 head-on crash with an impaired driver gave heartbreaking and tearful accounts Friday in a London court of how his death has forever changed their lives.
Police name victim in fatal tractor rollover
Police said Terry Specht, 63, of Chatsworth Township died in farm tractor mishap Sunday afternoon. Grey Bruce OPP identified him Thursday and said police continue to investigate the fatal vehicle rollover, which occurred about 3:30 p.m. The mishap took place on Sideroad 3 in Chatsworth Township. Chatsworth firefighters and Grey County paramedics responded, along with […]
Police identify victims in fatal crash
Police have released the identities of a pair of victims who tragically lost their life following a fatal crash in Georgian Bluffs.
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