Three firearms were among items stolen from a truck which was left unattended after it ended up upside down in a ditch about 60 kilometres past Cartier on Highway 144 (near Marquette Lake) at around 8:45 p.m. Nov. 11.
The occupants of the vehicle, three men from Brantford Ont., were transported by a passerby to the Watershed Resident, and then taken by ambulance to the Timmins General Hospital.
They had suffered non-life threatening lacerations to the head, hands, and arms.
Between 9 p.m. and 10:15 p.m., while the vehicle was unattended, an unknown person or persons looted the vehicle of three firearms, a knife, a box of ammunition, and a GPS unit.
The three firearms that were stolen are:
- 300 Browning rifle, bolt action with scope
- 300 Savage rifle, bolt action with scope
- Remington 12 gauge pump action shotgun with scope
A Winchester hunting knife, a Garmin hand-held
GPS unit and its power cord, and ammunition for the rifles and shotgun were taken from an orange waterproof box.
The area was thoroughly searched with an OPP K-9 unit that night and the next day and again last week with no results.
The driver of the vehicle involved in the accident has been charged with careless driving.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sudbury OPP detachment at 1-888-310-1122, or Sudbury Rainbow Crime Stoppers at 675-3341 or 1-800-222-8477.
