Thursday, October 6, 2022

Police lay charges in trucking fire

Ontario Provincial Police from the Perth County detachment have laid multiple charges against the driver of a livestock-hauling truck that caught fire on Perth Road 107 in Perth East Township on Monday. That is near Milverton.

Two of 69 cows died, two had severe burns and 35 were freed from the trailer.


The driver, a 41-year-old man from Norwich, faces multiple charges including causing damage or injury to animals while being conveyed in an unsafe vehicle.