Two suffer life-threatening injuries in London-area crash

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Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing a two-car crash north of London late Saturday that sent three people to hospital, including two with life-threatening injuries. An officer attempted to stop a vehicle on Highway 4, near Croydon Drive, in Arva, shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, Middlesex OPP said in
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Man accused of kidnappings, sexual assaults arrested in London

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A man accused of pretending to be a rideshare driver and allegedly sexually assaulting multiple women in the Toronto area has been arrested in London, police say.
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Fires – one suspicious – disrupt classes at two London-area high schools

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A fire Friday morning that forced hundreds of students and staff to be evacuated from a London-area high school is suspicious, police said.

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Man faces multiple charges, including spousal assault, after crash: OPP

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A Middlesex County man faces nine charges, including spousal assault, after a crash sent two people to hospital, provincial police say. Two people in a vehicle that collided with a second vehicle on Ilderton Road in Middlesex Centre at about 6 p.m. on Nov. 7 were taken to hospital with
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Retirement home closes three days after last resident moves out

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Monday marked the official closing of an Oxford County retirement home at the centre of an alleged fraud investigation.
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24-year-old killed in crash involving car, flatbed truck

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A 24-year-old Oxford County resident was killed Sunday when a car and a flatbed truck collided in Zorra Township. The crash occurred on Oxford County Road 68, formerly called Highway 2, between Lines 29 and 31, east of Thamesford, at about 6 p.m., Oxford OPP said. The driver of the
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Two suspects sought in probe of vehicle fire in London

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London police are asking for the public’s help as they try to identify two suspects at the scene of a vehicle fire early Friday. Before the fire near Commissioners Road and Highland Heights that broke out around 12:40 a.m., video surveillance showed two people in a vehicle pull into a
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Police probe sex assault at Tillsonburg St. Patrick's Day party

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Oxford OPP are seeking the public’s help as they investigate a sexual assault at a St. Patrick’s Day party in a Tillsonburg bar. The assault took place between 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, in a licensed establishment on Durham Street in Tillsonburg, police said Thursday. No
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Police launch probe after Oxford County Pride crosswalk vandalized

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Police are asking members of the public for help identifying the driver of a pickup truck seen doing a burnout on an Oxford county Pride crosswalk.
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Police seek driver clocked at stunning 187 km/h along rural road

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Stratford police are asking the public for help tracking down a vehicle that was clocked at a blistering 187 kilometres/hour in a rural area with a posted 80 km/h speed limit.
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Police briefs: No injuries in school bus crash; woman faces gun charges

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No one was injured in a collision between a school bus and a minivan Tuesday morning, even though there were 35 students on the bus, provincial police say. Read More
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Police Report: 24-year-old faces luring charge; $64K in drugs seized

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