OPP Out With Long Weekend Report

Provincial Police are out with the number of charges they laid over the long weekend.
Sergeant Shelley Garr says in the Northwest Region, they laid 281 speeding charges, 4 charges of distracted driving and issued 27 seat belt charges.
However when looking at the entire province, there were two fatalities.
OPP say a 79-year-old woman died after being hit by a driver who was reportedly using a hand-held communications device. Another person drowned while canoeing, and was apparently not wearing a personal floatation device.
Garr says that fortunately there were no serious incidents in this region, and says the public plays a very important part when it comes to preventing tragic incidents on the road and waterways.