No charges laid in third snowplow collision of the week
Posted Dec 12, 2025 01:22:14 PM.
Last Updated Jan 7, 2026 01:39:43 PM.
For the third time this week police were called to a crash between a vehicle and a snowplow, this time on the highway.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said officers were responding to “numerous” collisions on Ottawa highways on Dec. 11, many of which were due to the recent snowfall. Just after 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, police were called to Highway 417 near Metcalfe Street for a crash involving a plow and a car.
Officials said that the low-speed collision did not result in any injuries, and no charges were laid.
OPP Constable Michael Fathi told CityNews that he understands people don’t want to be stuck behind a plow.
“It’s winter driving, so drive more cautiously and according to the conditions,” he said. “Please have patience.”
Two other crashes involving plows happened in the city this week.
On Sunday at around 2:28 a.m. Ottawa police were called to the east end for a crash between a pick-up truck and a Kubota snowplow on a sidewalk.
Police said that the impact caused both vehicles to be lodged in a ditch. Once on scene, officials arrested and charged the motorist of the truck with impaired driving. They provided a breath sample to police of 190 mg and 200 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood.
A serious crash happened days later on Dec. 9 after a vehicle was travelling on the wrong side of Limebank Road when it struck the plow at a high rate of speed. Paramedics told CityNews the crash happened at 10:50 p.m.
the man in the car sustained serious injuries and was stabilized by emergency responders.
After the man in the car was medically cleared after suffering serious injuries from the hospital, he was arrested, police said in a press release, and charged with impaired operation.
Tests found a blood alcohol concentration of 180 mg, more than twice the legal limit.
