Male dies in industrial accident
An Elora male was pronounced deceased following an industrial accident in Guelph Monday morning.
Just before 9 a.m., emergency services were called to a construction site in the area of Gordon Street and Clair Road East. Investigation revealed a small excavator had tipped over, ejecting the operator and trapping him under the machine.
The male was extricated from under the excavator by members of the Guelph Fire Department. Efforts to revive him were not successful and the 49-year-old Elora male was declared deceased by paramedics from the Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Service.
The provincial Ministry of Labour has taken over the investigation.
Impaired, assault police charges laid
A Guelph male faces charges of impaired driving and assaulting police following an incident Monday evening.
Approximately 6:40 p.m., police were dispatched to a report of a vehicle in a ditch in the area of Imperial Road North and Woodlawn Road West. Officers spoke to the driver, who had exited the vehicle and was found to be showing signs of impairment.
The male was placed under arrest but became argumentative, striking an officer above the eye as he resisted being handcuffed. While being transported to the police station, the male challenged officers to fight and threatened to kill the officers and their families.
At the police station the male spit at officers and refused several demands to provide a breath sample.
A 42-year-old Guelph male is charged with impaired driving, failing to provide a breath sample, two counts of assaulting police and uttering threats. His driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and his vehicle was impounded for seven days. He was held for a bail hearing Tuesday.
Husband, wife have both vehicles stolen
The Guelph Police Service is investigating after a husband and wife each had their vehicles stolen from different locations.
Approximately 1:20 a.m. Tuesday, a male called to report his black 2012 Mercedes coupe had been stolen from the parking lot of his workplace on Massey Road.
Twenty minutes later the male called back to report a second theft. He had called his wife to pick him up from work, but when she went outside their residence in the area of Farley Drive and Clairfields Drive East her white 2014 Infiniti was missing. A key for the Infiniti had been left inside the Mercedes.
Anyone with information about the thefts is asked to call Special Constable Amanda Chalmers at 519-824-1212, ext. 7516, email her at [email protected], leave an anonymous message for Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or leave an anonymous tip online at www.csgw.tips.
Total calls for service in the last 24 hours – 259
