(TOWNSHIP OF MAPLETON, ON) At approximately 8:00 a.m. on July 11, 2018 Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious two-vehicle collision at Concession 16 and Sideroad 15, Mapleton. Reports indicate that a pickup truck with three occupants collided with a pickup truck with a single occupant. The single occupant, a 43-year-old male from Palmerston, was killed. Two passengers in the second vehicle are in critical condition in hospital.
The driver of the second vehicle, a 21-year-old male, was transported by ambulance to a local hospital with minor injuries. Further investigation has revealed that the vehicle he was driving had been stolen.
21-year-old Ethan Robert NOBLE or Harriston has been charged with:
Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle Cause Death
Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle Cause Bodily Harm (two counts)
Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle
Driving while Impaired by Drug Cause Death
Driving while Impaired by Drug Bodily Harm (two counts)
Driving while Impaired by Drug
Care and Control of a Motor Vehicle while Impaired by Drug
Theft of a Motor Vehicle
Possession of Property Obtained by Crime.
He has been held for bail.