Snowplow operator arrested for driving under lifetime suspension
Posted Jan 7, 2026 01:41:37 PM.
Last Updated Jan 7, 2026 01:43:28 PM.
Ottawa police said that a private company’s snowplow driver was charged after a crash in the west end on Monday.
According to officials, they were called around 7:00 p.m. Jan. 5 to Fernbank Road, a street partially located in Stittsville. They found a small SUV had crashed into the back of the stopped plow. The SUV driver was sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
However, officers arrested the plow driver for driving under suspension after they had been prohibited from driving for life. They were also arrested on an outstanding warrant with the Ontario Provincial Police.
“Drivers: please use extra caution while snow removal is underway, and report unlicensed drivers,” officers said in a statement.
Police told CityNews, the plow was owned by a private company and it was a CAT snow-removal vehicle.
This comes after a week in December when police were called to three separate instances of crashes between plows and vehicles.
In two of the incidents, officers laid impaired charges against the vehicle drivers. One on Dec. 9 was serious after a vehicle travelling on the wrong side of the road struck the plow at a high rate of speed. The man in the car sustained serious injuries and was stabilized by emergency responders.
The third crash that week happened on the highway, but no charges were laid.
