{"id":209338,"date":"2025-10-15T17:49:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=209338"},"modified":"2025-10-15T17:49:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:49:45","slug":"thanksgiving-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/thanksgiving-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatalities and thousands of traffic charges on OPP-patrolled roads last Thanksgiving weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Four people died in separate collisions on Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-patrolled roads during the Thanksgiving long weekend, as the OPP joined Canadian policing partners for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cacp.ca\/operation-impact-2020eng.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Operation Impact<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The OPP&#8217;s commitment to keeping roads safe was reflected in the more than&nbsp;<strong>8,800<\/strong>&nbsp;traffic charges they laid across the province throughout the weekend. Officers worked around the clock, targeting road behaviours that continue to result in serious consequences for drivers and passengers of all ages every year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speeding accounted for just over half (<strong>4,518<\/strong>) of the driving offences. The OPP also laid\u00a0<strong>158<\/strong>\u00a0racing\/stunt driving charges &#8211; one of the most aggressive and dangerous behaviours on Ontario roads. One hundred and seventy (<strong>170)<\/strong>\u00a0impaired driving charges and\u00a0<strong>130<\/strong>\u00a0distracted driving charges were among the other dangerous offences motorists chose to commit. Some of the\u00a0<strong>377\u00a0<\/strong>seatbelt charges were laid against unbuckled passengers, serving as a reminder that they, too, need to do their part to reduce the number of injuries and deaths on our roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From January 1 to October 12, 2025, the OPP responded to&nbsp;<strong>244<\/strong>&nbsp;fatal collisions that resulted in families collectively losing&nbsp;<strong>279<\/strong>&nbsp;loved ones this year in what were almost all preventable road incidents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OPP reminds drivers and passengers that traffic laws are designed to keep everyone safe, but are only effective if everyone complies with them at all times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OPP thanks all road users who did their part to keep highways and roads safe and helped ensure everyone made it to and from their destinations on one of the busiest traffic weekends of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>From Corporate Communications for the OPP<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four people died in separate collisions on Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-patrolled roads during the Thanksgiving long weekend, as the OPP joined Canadian policing partners for&nbsp;Operation Impact. 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