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14 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, August 1, 2000 "Scugog"s Community Newspaper of Choice" Two more die in crashes on area roads From page 1 section of Regional Rd. 57 around 9 p.m. on Saturday evening (July 29). The pickup truck entered the intersec- tion and collided with a northbound 1991 Pontiac Firefly being driven by Tammy Meers of Oshawa. Emergency crews were called to the scene, and six-month-old Olivia Meers was rushed by ambulance to hospital in Oshawa. The infant later died of her injuries, police say. Mrs. Meers and a passenger, Peter Meers, were also transported to Oshawa hospital. Mrs. Meers was later airlifted to Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto. Both are now listed in stable condition, say police. Vincenzo Mottile, driver of the pick- up, was arrested at the scene of the acci- dent. He was later charged with one count of impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing death, two counts of impaired operation causing bodily harm, 1d ELSRIST e Full Floral Service e Candelabra Rentals and one count of driving while exceeding the legal blood-alcohol limit. The busy road was closed for several hours while police investigated the scene. Anyone who witnessed this acci- dent, or has any information about the collision, is asked to contact Const. Stenzel with the Durham Police Traffic Management Unit at 579-1520, extension 5255. 2 A Seagrave man became the sixth victim in a series of horrific accidents in the local area last week when his motor- cycle collided with a tree on Robinglade Drive. Ontario Provincial Police report that Robert Stephens, 24, sustained serious injuries when he lost control of a friend's motorcycle he was riding at the time and skidded across a yard on Robinglade Dr. in Seagrave around 4:40 p.m. last Thursday (July 27). The victim, who was alone on the bike and was wearing a hel- met, was tossed from the vehicle and CATERING FOR ALL OCCASIONS Ly ft Cte struck a tree. Emergency crews including OPP offi- cers, paramedics and Scugog Firefighters were dispatched to the accident scene, where Mr. Stephens was treated for his injuries. He was rushed by ambulance to Port Perry hospital, where he was pro- nounced dead a short while later. An air ambulance was called to the hospital to lift the Seagrave man to a Toronto hospital. It arrived at Port Perry hospital around 5 p.m., about the time when Mr. Stephens passed away. The weather was clear and there was no sign of rain at the time of the accident, say OPP. Speed was not a factor in the fatality, add police. A Victaria County OPP Technical Traffic Accident Investigator attended the scene to complete the investigation. The latest accidents marked the fourth and fifth incidents in a week on North Durham's roads, which, since July 23, have claimed seven lives. An 18-year-old Seagrave man died in Toronto hospital last Tuesday (July 25) after an early morning accident on July 23. Joel Thomson suffered serious burns and other injuries when his 1988 pickup collided with a tree on Scugog Line 12. He later succumbed to his injuries in the burn unit at Sunnybrook hospital. Later that day, shortly after 6 p.m. on july 23, three more people were killed when a GMC pickup northbound on Hwy. 2 near Saintfield swerved across the road and struck a southbound passenger van. An Oshawa man, Donald Gainer, 50, was pronounced dead at the scene, and his 10-year-old son, Brian, died later at Port Perry hospital. The driver of the pickup, Robert Bonenfant, who was allegedly drunk at the time of the acci- dent, was also killed. 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