OPP are warning drivers not to pick up hitchhikers in the Steel River area near Marathon. They say that a man is wanted after a vehicle he was driving hit a flagman at a Highway 17 road construction site and the driver ran away from the scene abandoning his vehicle. The condition of the flagman is not known but it's believed he suffered serious injuries.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Police issue hitchhiker warning
OPP are warning drivers not to pick up hitchhikers in the Steel River area near Marathon. They say that a man is wanted after a vehicle he was driving hit a flagman at a Highway 17 road construction site and the driver ran away from the scene abandoning his vehicle. The condition of the flagman is not known but it's believed he suffered serious injuries.