Failing to stop for an OPP RIDE stop in Huntsville has led to the arrest of one man, while a female passenger remains in hospital with serious injuries.
Shortly before 2 a.m. this morning, Huntsville OPP officers had set up a RIDE program on Main Street in Huntsville, when a vehicle drove through and failed to stop.
The vehicle was found abandoned after being involved in a collision with a parked pickup truck and trailer. The two occupants fled the scene but were located a short distance away by police and taken to hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
The driver, Tyler Shakespeare, 32, of Bracebridge was arrested and charged with:
- Dangerous operation of a vehicle causing bodily harm
- Refuse to provide a blood sample
- Fail to stop at a collision scene
- Flight from police
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking in a schedule I controlled substance - Opioid
- Numerous additional Highway Traffic Act offences and regulations.
The 24-year-old female passenger and resident of Huntsville remains in hospital with serious injuries.
The OPP has notified the province's Special Investigations Unit.