It was a tragic Civic Holiday long weekend in Ontario with road, boating, and drowning deaths.
OPP responded to three separate drownings. Two other people died in boating/paddling incidents and motor vehicle collisions also resulted in the loss of two lives.
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OPP officers laid numerous charges while targeting drivers who were not in compliance with Ontario's Move Over law. The law requires drivers to slow down and proceed with caution when passing an emergency vehicle or tow truck parked on the side of the highway with its lights activated.
Drivers can face fines from $490 to $2,000. Officers laid close to 200 charges against drivers who failed to move over a lane for roadside emergency vehicles when it was safe to do so.
The OPP laid more than 6,600 traffic-related charges throughout the province between Friday and Monday according to a release.
Among the charges were close to 4,200 speeding charges and more than 120 separate charges laid for stunt driving and racing.
