Numerous charges laid over an unsafe commercial motor vehicle in the Wawa area Sunday are linked to a cattle truck rollover south of town the day before.
While Superior East Ontario Provincial Police say no charges are being laid over the early Saturday morning rollover - which closed the highway for several hours - Constable Ashley Nickle explains that the vehicle was the subject of an unsafe vehicle complaint early Sunday evening.
Charges laid included careless driving, insecure load, have object obstructing view, improperly drive commercial motor vehicle with a minor defect in it or in drawn vehicle, and two counts of drive commercial motor vehicle with major defect in it or in drawn vehicle - all relating to the vehicle's condition - as well as charges relating to failure to keep inspection reports or daily logs, insecure load, and a count of animal cruelty.
Constable Nickle explains that multiple cows died in the rollover and an estimated 40 to 50 escaped.
Constable Nickle notes the truck and trailer were deemed unsafe and seized.
The driver - a 30-year-old from Grey County in southern Ontario - was released from custody with a June date in Wawa's Ontario Court of Justice.