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“Aggressive” driver causes QEW chaos By Mike Williscraft NewsNow An “aggressive” driver sent two vehicles into the QEW’s Fort Erie bound ditch just east of Tufford Road - a tanker truck rolling over - causing traffic chaos and significant environmental concerns Friday morning. “Around 8 a.m. this morning (Friday) is when a black Mercedes vehicle (was) driving aggressively. We are reviewing dashcams at this point. if you are that driver, or
you have information which can help us identify that driver, we will be following up. Please call Burlington OPP,” said Sgt. Kerry Schmidt, OPP’s media relations officer when reporting from the scene. “That vehicle cut in front of, or caused a collision with this white SUV, which then collided with the tractor trailer sending them both into the ditch.” A white SUV was run into the ditch, while the tanker
went through the ditch and rolled on the South Service Road just east of Tufford Road. Lincoln Fire dispersed a blanket of foam to prevent ignition of a fire as “probably 30 per cent” of the tanker’s 50,000 L capacity, “ has leaked into the ditch”. The QEW was closed for hours Friday before reopening in the afternoon and it was closed again Saturday for several hours to See SPILL, Page 3
Governance tune changes when camera on: Oosterhoff
Lincoln firefighters lay down a protective layer of foam to ensure spilled fuel from a tanker rollever last Friday morning does not ignite. The QEW was closed in both directions for a lengthy period Friday and again Monday morning to allow for clean up. Photo courtesy OPP Safety Division.
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow While mostly parochial views stated at last Wednesday’s first of two hearings into Niagara’s provincially mandated governance review surprised few, they did leave Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff scratching his head. During the full day of presentations before the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy, speakers comprised mainly politicians stated status quo was the way to go.
“As a whole, it was surprising to me that some of the people who had come to me one-onone and in private and said, ‘Oh, things have to change. We can’t move things forward. Things are taking too long.’ Then they get in front of a camera and all of a sudden everything is hunky dory and perfect. It was kind of mindboggling,” said Oosterhoff. I’m not going to throw them under the bus on an individual level, but it was kind of shocking. Over the last year, as rumours and conversations – the See REVIEW, Page 4