Vehicle Vs Cyclist Collision

Source: Area OPP
Date: Thu Oct 31 02:15:41 MST 2019

(AMULREE, ON) - On October 28, 2019, at approximately 6:30 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Perth County detachment, Perth East Fire Department and Perth County Paramedics (EMS) responded to a collision involving a motor vehicle and a cyclist on Perth Line 43, east of Amulree.

A motor vehicle travelling west on Line 43 attempted to pass a cyclist who was also travelling west on Line 43. The driver did not allow enough room to pass the cyclist and a collision occurred.

The cyclist was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries.

The driver of the vehicle was not injured.

Mark POWOROZNYK, 42-years-old, of Perth South was charged with failing to leave one metre while passing a bicycle. The driver was issued a Provincial Offence Notice (PON).

The OPP wants to remind driver's that according to section 148(6) of the Highway Traffic Act, every person in charge of a motor vehicle who is overtaking a person travelling on a bicycle shall, as nearly as may be practicable, leave a distance of not less than one metre between the bicycle and the motor vehicle and shall maintain that distance until safely pass the bicycle.

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