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OC Transpo’s new boss is taking a hands-on approach to customer service. John Manconi phoned an upset bus rider on March 4 — one day after a Sun story lambasted the transit company’s response to a February 27 accident. “He said he saw the article in the paper on Saturday,” said Shelley Pollock. “So he […]
MoreA dozen people were taken to hospital after two city buses collided on the Transitway in the west end during the afternoon rush hour Tuesday. “We were bouncing around, people were screaming,” said 30-year-old Melissa, from Kanata. “I was sitting down, so I didn’t see what was going on.” Melissa works downtown and didn’t want […]
MoreA mother and daughter from Bourget are dead following a three-vehicle crash east of Ottawa on Friday night. Bertha Clairoux, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her mother, Doris Billings, 74, was transported to hospital in critical condition where she died within two hours. OPP Const. Serge Gauthier said they were travelling in the […]
MoreWith slippery road conditions, two serious crashes left three people injured Friday night. Roughly 10 9-1-1 calls came in for crashes between 8 and 10 p.m., said paramedic Supt. Steven Leu. “It was very busy early on in the evening,” Leu said. Most of the collisions yielded minor injuries or no injuries at all, and […]
MoreCops are still looking for the person responsibe for the hit-and-run crash that killed 22-year-old Dan Miller. A woman described as a “person of interest” spoke to Ottawa Police Friday, but she later walked out of the Elgin St. station without being charged. Her name was not released and charges were “not immediately pending,” said […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/08/17/hit-and-run-leaves-man-critically-hurt A Stratford family is devastated after a 22-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Bronson Ave. early Wednesday. Emergency crews got the call at 3:18 a.m. for a young man found unconscious and bleeding near Somerset Ave. W., on the outskirts of Chinatown. Dan Miller, 22 — the youngest of […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/06/17/overflow-crowd-bids-farewell-to-young-man-killed-in-crash There wasn’t enough room in St. Anthony’s Church to hold all the people who wanted to remember Tony Adamo Friday morning. “He was just an amazing person,” said friend Heather Moore, who’s known him since grade seven. “There’s never anything bad to say about him…(He was) so talented, I’m just going to […]
MoreTwo people were injured Monday afternoon after two cars were sandwiched between a city bus and a school bus on Ottawa’s east side. It happened around 3:20 p.m. on St. Laurent Blvd. and Shore St. near Belfast Rd. Ottawa Fire spokesman Marc Messier said luckily, the school bus was empty. “One car lost control and […]
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