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Two injured in Wyoming crash
March 13, 2025
The Independent
A St. Clair Township driver is facing a charge of failing to stop for a stop sign after an accident near Wyoming sent two people to hospital.
Around 8 am Wednesday morning, two vehicles – both appeared to be SUVs – collided at the corner of Oil Heritage Road and Churchill Line. They both ended on the southeast side of Oil Heritage Line with one vehicle tipped onto its side.
Police, paramedics and Wyoming firefighters were on the scene to help remove people from the vehicles.
OPP said paramedics took two people to local hospital with non-life threatening injuries and police charged a 61 year-old.
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