Hey friends! I'm looking for some help in solving a hit and run that occurred this morning, although I think it might be a futile endeavour.....
At 4:45am, my boss was driving northbound on Lauzon Parkway, headed towards county road 42, in a dark blue van with US plates and his company's name on it in white letters. People familiar with this two lane stretch of road know that the left lane proceeds straight normally, while the right lane ends just past the top of the hill, forcing traffic to merge left. (Which of course means that all of the reckless, idiot drivers out there love to jam on the gas and drag race in an attempt to pass as many cars as possible before being forced to merge left.)
My boss was driving the speed limit in the left lane, and a transport truck decided to speed up (my boss estimated the truck was going at least 100km/ hr to catch up to and pass him on the right like that), and proceeded to pass him dangerously on the right side at the last moments before the lane ended. However, he was not clear of my boss' van when he merged. The van was therefore smashed, scraped, and dented in on the front passenger side, just before the wheel well. The damage was caused by the rear left corner of this truck. My boss was shocked, slammed on the breaks, and looked to drive over to the right shoulder to assess the damage, but had to wait for four other cars in the right lane to go by him as the lane ended before he could do so. I'm hoping that one of these cars witnessed something, and could be tracked down to perhaps provide more information. My boss described the cab of the truck as newer, well kept, and white, while the trailer it was pulling was dingy, dirty, had some rust, and was also white. In the panic of the situation, and the dark of the wee hours, he could not make out the license plate, or any names on the truck, but after he pulled over, he watched in the distance and saw this truck turn left onto county road 42. No one stopped to make sure my boss was okay, or offer any assistance. Luckily, he is fine, but he is pretty upset to have this happen to his van, as he's had it less than 2 months, and to have the driver be so reckless and then tear off like that without taking any responsibility. The dark blue paint from my employer's van will be on the rear left corner of this truck.
If you or someone you know was on Lauzon pkwy at 4:45 am and may have seen something that could help us, please post below, or contact me privately. Thanks!

A mother left her baby locked in her car on a hot day! Took firemen 20 minutes to get into the car :( guess going to the gym was more important.

Stolen this morning 6:45 am at Tim Hortons, Dougall at Tecumseh.

Owner chased the thief on for for a quarter of a mile, in the direction of Victoria street southbound under the Ouellette bridge - Jackson Park area.

The bike is a Trek X-Caliber 7, 17.5" frame, 29"wheels and is the only one this colour in the city.

It is the owner's only mode of transportation.

Please keep your eyes open and respond to this post if you see it - or call Windsor Police.

Thank you!

I have been noticing too many people riding their bikes against traffic in this city. Last week I was going through the underpass at Wyandotte and Drouillard and as I got under and started going up, a guy was coming straight at me in the middle of the road. I had to swerve in the other lane. Thankfully nobody was in that lane. I've seen this too many times. If you do this then please stop. It is wrong and dangerous.

A couple days ago I was sitting on my porch relaxing and enjoying the weather. As I was relaxing I heard 2 lady's walking on the other side of the street with their 2 dogs. One lady had a calm collected dog on a leash. The other dog was a boxer and he was on a leash that was retractable. As they passed on the other side of the block I noticed the boxer was excited and panting a lot due to the hot weather. But the lady had the retractable leash had it too short and she needed to let it loose a little. As they walked the lady with the boxer was getting frustrated and kept pulling the dog very hard. One of the pulls caused the boxer to yelp. She also was yelling and swearing at the dog vary loudly. I just wanted to point out that people need to treat their animals with respect. I had a dog but it had to be put down 6 years ago. Whenever we went for a walk I would bring either a water bottle and a bowl or we would go for our walks early in the morning and late at night. If you are going to bring your dog for a walk when it's really hot out take the time to bring water for your dog or make sure you find an area with shade. I also need to point out dogs will stop to sniff things. Don't be impatient with your dog. If the dog needs to smell something let them smell. It's their job. I hope to never see anyone treat their dog like this woman did. It's also great if you have a retractable leash to let it loose a bit so you don't hurt your dog. I hope that dog is ok and isn't hurt

My friends dog was just taken out of his yard at 1022 Windsor Avenue...If anyone has any info please contact Sheri and/ or Tony at (519)253-2008

Someone came into my backyard last night and stole my 3 year old's trampoline!
My son is so heart broken :( He loved playing on it everyday.
It's pretty sad that someone would steal from kids :(

So the other day was the most recent siting from me that I saw yet another police officer driving down Ouellette and sure enough he had been using is cellphone. Now I know that a lot of them do not use them while driving.
So today I tried finding out how to at least find out how to report seeing this happening with our officers and even EMS drivers. I had looked to see if I could send a private msg through Facebook. But they have it where nobody can send them messages. So I posted it to there wall..... Within a matter of a few short minutes it was deleted. I tried reposting it but now they have me banned from posting things to there wall.
I'm not looking to get them into trouble just wish that those officers who think that they can get away with it. Many of the other officers don't abuse the right because of them being police officers.