Charges Laid Following Orchard Park Public School Crash

Thursday, 10 December 2020 08:16

By Marcie Culbert

The NRP is investigating after a car crashed into Orchard Park Public School in Niagara Falls.

Police say a 94-year-old man lost control of his vehicle on Dorchester Road yesterday afternoon.

He hit two parked cars before hitting the building.

This caused about $5,000 in damage to his vehicle.

One of the parked cars also sustained $5,000 in damage and the repair bill for the second parked car is about $500.

The man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and he has also been charged with careless driving.

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