Durham Regional Police officers were kept busy on Halloween, responding to multiple vehicle collisions as well as power outages and damage caused by high winds on Thursday.
Between 3:30 pm and 10 pm, officers responded to 10 motor vehicle collisions involving personal injuries across the region. “Thankfully, most of the injuries were minor in nature,” said the police.
The most serious collision occurred at approximately 3:40 pm in Columbus on Simcoe Street North, north of Columbus Road. A 44-year-old Oshawa woman was running across the road with a 6-year-old child when she was struck by a southbound vehicle. She was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries and the child was not injured.
Other collisions that occurred during this time period:
- Two-vehicle collision at Dundas Street West and Centre Street South in Whitby at 4:31 p.m.; only minor injuries were reported (19-241709)
- Vehicle rollover on the York-Durham Line near Regional Road 47 at 6:05 p.m. The vehicle lost control and ended upside down in the northbound lane. No serious injuries. (19-241763)
- Bicyclist hit by a slow-moving vehicle at approximately 6:25 p.m. on Broadleaf Avenue at a plaza; minor injuries. (19-241774)
- Three-vehicle collision at the intersection of Simcoe Street North and Taunton Road West in Oshawa at 6:30 p.m., only minor injuries reported. Traffic was backed up considerably for the investigation and clean up. (19-241776)
- Nine-year-old child clipped by the mirror of a slow moving vehicle on Harwood Avenue South and Dreyer Drive in Ajax at 7:50 p.m. Only minor injuries reported. (19-241822)
The high winds resulted in numerous calls about tree limbs, debris and live wires across multiple roadways in Durham Region, including live wires down at Reach/Simcoe in Port Perry yesterday morning.
At approximately 11:50 pm Thursday night, officers were called to downtown Oshawa after a large piece of metal, believed to be from the roof of the Michael Starr building, was dislodged and smashed into the front glass of a business on King Street. Other pieces of debris came off the roof and a section of the downtown was closed to assist with repairs and clean up. No injuries were reported.