Police

If you've suffered a flat tire near the entrance of Clarabelle Mill on Municipal Road 35, you're not alone. Several complaints have been received by Greater Sudbury police about flat tires caused by hand-made metal spikes left on the road.

UPDATED - Dec. 31, 12:03 p.m. A single-vehicle accident on Notre Dame Street in Hanmer, around 8 p.m. on Dec. 30, has left the driver of the vehicle dead. Dustin Renaud, 27, was travelling north on Notre Dame Street when he lost control of his truck.

Several organizations and community members are working to keep roads in Sudbury safe this holiday season.

A man walked into the Hanmer Shoppers Drug Mart on Dec. 23, his identity obscured. He then pulled out a handgun and robbed the place. The robbery took place around 9:45 p.m.

A 32-year-old man was pulled over for highway traffic act offenses on Main Street in Val Caron, during the evening hours of Dec. 28.

An accident on Highway 17, just east of Blind River, has reduced the highway to one lane and left one person dead. The accident happened around noon on Dec. 28, according to a release from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).

A Gloucester woman is dead after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 17, near Verner, on Dec. 27 around 4 p.m. The woman, 55, was driving a west-bound vehicle when she crossed the centre line and struck an east-bound pickup truck.

Icy roadways have been blamed for a number of collisions in the past few days. On Christmas Eve, police responded to a vehicle rollover on Regional Road 55 near Fielding Road in Lively at about 10 p.m.

A 48-year-old man is facing charges after leaving the scene of two minor accidents during the early morning of Saturday, Dec. 26.

If you drink do not drive, said Greater Sudbury Police Services during the holidays. The police RIDE program has been out and about the city checking vehicles for drivers who have consumed over the legal limit of alcohol.