Deadly holiday weekend in Ontario

Posted Aug 3, 2011 03:15:55 PM.

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It was a deadly holiday weekend on the roads, trails and waterways patrolled by the OPP.
Police say six people were killed in separate crashes on roads they patrol. One person died on an all-terrain vehicle over the weekend. The OPP also laid a slew of charges over the holiday weekend, including more than 57-hundred for speeding and nearly 200 for impaired driving.

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