Crash east of London kills one person, sends second to hospital: OPP

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One person died and a second person was injured in a crash east of London on Thursday afternoon.

The collision happened shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Shaw Road in Thames Centre south of Dundas Street, about four kilometres southeast of the London airport, OPP said.

One person died at the scene and second person was taken to hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening injuries, police said.

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Shaw Road between Dundas Street and Trafalgar Street was closed while police investigated the crash.

“Obviously these are difficult situations for everybody involved,” OPP media relations Const. Jeff Hare said. “(It’s a) tough day for everybody, for the rest of the day let’s all do our best to get to where we’re going as safe as possible.”

Motorcycle driver hurt in rural crash

A motorcyclist was taken to hospital following a collision with a pickup truck on Wednesday afternoon, Ontario Provincial Police say.

Police say the collision took place at Highway 6 and St. John’s Road East in Norfolk County. The intersection is located in a rural area not far from the Lake Erie beach town of Port Dover.

Highway 6 was closed between Lynn Valley Road and East Quarter Line, while St. John’s Road East was closed between East Quarter Line and Haldimand Road 70, as police investigated.

It was one of two motorcycle crashes in Norfolk County within two days. In the other, Norfolk OPP, fire and paramedic services responded at about 12:4t p.m. to a collision on Cockshutt Road just north of Concession 6 Woodhouse in the rural community of Renton.

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Police say a pickup truck and motorcycle were involved in the collision. The driver of the latter suffered “life-altering” injuries, police said.

Two charged in home invasion

Two people have been charged in connection with a home invasion on Talbot Street West in Leamington on Feb. 24.

Three people forced their way into the home and assaulted two people inside it, police said. The victims received minor injuries in what investigators determined was a targeted incident, police said.

This week, OPP officers with the Essex detachment raided a property on 8th Concession Road in Maidstone and arrested two people: 31-year-old Nicholas McCullough and 46-year-old Richard Zoldi. They both face a raft of weapons-related charges, including armed robbery.

A third individual remains outstanding, police said. Both McCullough and Zoldi remained in custody until their next appearance at the Ontario Court of Justice in Windsor on Thursday.

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